Peer pressure driving teens to drink - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
"Even when young people didn't feel like drinking, they thought they should or they wouldn't be part of the crowd, they wouldn't feel that they were belonging," she said.
"Peer pressure has got something to do with it, but I think more this sense of belonging.
"We need to imagine what our community would look like if we could walk freely down the street at any time of the day and not be subject to abuse, to the potential for violence, not see the litter of bottles, be able to have parties for our 16, 17 and 18-year-olds without having to notify the police."
"Education, role modelling, encouraging parents to talk to their children and to talk to other parents earlier so they're not waiting for things to start going wrong - I think those sort of positive influences will probably carry more weight."
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