§ 37-8. Consuming or inhaling intoxicants in public places - Penalties.

Except as provided in Section 2 of this act, any person who shall, in any public place, or in or upon any passenger coach, streetcar, or in or upon any other vehicle commonly used for the transportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform, waiting station or room, drink or otherwise consume any intoxicating liquor unless authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound of any kind, or inhale glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, or if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated in any public or private road, or in any passenger coach, streetcar, or any public place or building, or at any public gathering, from drinking or consuming such intoxicating liquor, intoxicating substance or intoxicating compound or from inhalation of glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, or if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated from any cause and shall disturb the peace of any person, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment for not less than five (5) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 154, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1973.  Amended by Laws 1976, c. 223, § 1; Laws 1978, c. 111, § 1; Laws 1979, c. 105, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. March 14, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 103, § 101, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 2013, c. 210, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.