Teenagers who drink have more friends: study

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Teenagers who drink have more friends: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/teenagers-drink-more-friends-study-160315679.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i87cQDSzgVj7LoXmV1MYbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2014-01-08/f572a1a6-5a12-4815-b4af-ccdc8b26e044_RTR2NWFO.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A customer pays for a Fosters beer at the Occidental Hotel in central Sydney" align="left" title="A customer pays for a Fosters beer at the Occidental Hotel in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle and high school students who drink alcohol are often the same ones winning the popularity contests, new research suggests. &quot;There has not been much data to support that drinking among teenagers directly leads to higher popularity and more friendships,&quot; said Peter Delany. He is the director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality in Rockville, Maryland. Delany was not part of the study team, which was led by Mir M. Ali, also from SAMHSA.</p><br clear="all"/>

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