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The Science of Substance Abuse

Dirk Hanson

Articles and health studies about drugs, addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.

Showing posts with label genetic addiction. Show all posts

Showing posts with label genetic addiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Cigarettes and Genetic Risk

Evidence From a 4-Decade Study. Pediatricians have often remarked upon it: Give one adolescent his first cigarette, and he will coug...

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Nature, Nurture, and Me

Which came first, the addiction or the trauma? About a year ago, Jonathan Taylor, a professor at California State University in Fullert...

Thursday, April 3, 2008

The Genetics of Cigarettes

Mutations on chromosome 15 linked to lung cancer. A variation among the genes that code for nicotine receptors in the brain has been linked...

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