Thursday, April 9, 2009

Common Genes Tied To Alcohol, Nicotine, Cocaine Addictions

Treatment professionals have know this for at least the 19 years I've been dealing with addiction. We have more and more science to prove this is a disease and yet no one seems to want to accept it. Is hating addicts preferable to treating a deadly disease that destroys the addict and everyone around them before it finally kills the addict and others around them? It makes no sense to me.

"ScienceDaily (2009-03-16) -- For decades, finding clues to substance addiction has been much like searching for a needle in a haystack. But researchers may finally be honing in on specific genes tied to all types of addictions - and finding that some of the same genes associated with alcohol dependence are also closely linked with addictions to nicotine, cocaine, opoids, heroin and other substances."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310142912.htm#

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