Majority doesn’t always rule in teen booze use

Having one abstainer as a friend cuts adolescents’ odds of drinking

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CHEERS FOR PEERS  The presence of a small minority of alcohol abstainers in groups of teen friends can help to decrease the likelihood that everyone else will get drunk and binge drink, a new analysis suggests. 

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Peer pressure doesn’t always drive teenagers to drink.