Farmers are under extreme stress due to the ongoing harvest struggles. University of Minnesota Professor of Neuroscience Dr. Mark Thomas says people often turn to alcohol or drugs during these times of stress. Thomas is part of a roundtable discussion about addiction in Crookston. “They’re battling something that they don’t understand and we can’t understand from the outside; compassion and patience are needed to deal with this.”
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