NIDA says Addiction is Genetic
Surpisingly the NIDA says “addiction” is a genetic disease triggered by environmental factors. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this conclusion. It was pretty much established science by the time they allowed as how it might be true.
You can read more here:
Addiction is a Genetic Disease
Let me quote a drug addict:
I was a heavy user of hard drugs for a long time, and know many people in the situation. Having some sort of unpleasant past or fractured personality was an almost universal factor- long before most of these people ever started using drugs- physical detox fails because leaves underlying psychological factors intact (in many cases I don't think people can ever really be "cured" anyway). The war on drugs has made criminals people who are mostly either looking for relaxation/stress relief, or escaping some form of psychic torment. oh- Literally every female junkie I've met had either been raped or molested.
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Comment posted by M Simon on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 4:01pmAnon:
Trauma is the other component. The amygdala and the CB1 receptor play a part.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2008 - 12:29pmDrug addicts need a lot of help to get over the drug addiction that has two sides: psychological and physical. I think that if such people would get the proper psychotherapeutic help and the some suboxone detox for the physical addiction, more of them would have a successful recovery.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/04/2007 - 3:24pmWell i new something about it, but i don't think genetics plays a decisive role on addiction. If you make a survey over some patients in opiate detox programs for instance you will probably see the genetics is not that important.