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Rural peer pressure and teen drinking in small towns
Val Farmer of MeritCare Fargo explains how rural closeness creates protective yet potent peer pressure that pushes high achieving teens toward drinking. The piece outlines how adult drinking, permissive attitudes, weak consequences, small town politics, and class-crossing peer groups shape teen behavior and offer pathways for positive change through collective parental action and zero tolerance efforts.
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Val Farmer
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