Is Your Kid an Addict? - salon.com

Chris Engel 9/27/128:13 PM

"Most experts agree that genes don’t make a person an addict or alcoholic. Instead, as Canadian addictions expert Gabor Maté notes in his book about addiction, “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts,” addiction is one result of “an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental effects.”...Clemmens and others also agreed that it’s impossible to talk about preventing teen addiction without talking about the health of the entire family. The CDC’s long-running Adverse Childhood Experiences study shows that risks of addiction and alcoholism increase with the number of traumas kids endure during childhood."

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/27/is_your_kid_an_addict/

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