Question 1

i'm european am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

Socio economic : Socio economic status, unresolved emotional pain dictates addiction vs race.

Question 2

i'm native american am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

NO!!..........but...: It's really about you!  although certain groups have more issues with drug abuse and addiction, it ultimately comes down to who you are......Do you have a job that you enjoy?....Are your friends and family plagued with drug problems?.....Have you been mentally, physically, and spiritually healthy?  If you are at a party and are offered drugs, what will you do?  Do you know how to just  say "no"?

Question 3

i'm asian am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

No: Recent study november 2011 showed - black and Asian teenagers in the U.S. Are less likely to use alcohol or drugs than adolescents of other races, a study found.

Question 4

i'm indian am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Native americans often lack a certain enzyme to process alcohol the way other ethnicities do, and some are very much pre-disposed to addiction. This goes for anyone with a strong family history of addiction.

Question 5

i'm jewish am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

No: Whether it be ashkenazy or sephardic there is no genetic predisposition towards addiction.  There are also no cultural or societal correlations in the literature.

Question 6

i'm russian am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily.: The tendency for addiction or alcoholism can be familial, so if you have a strong family history for something like alcoholism, then yes, russian or not, you are more susceptible to that disease.

Question 7

i'm hispanic am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

No: Ethnicity does not confer risk of addiction, rather a combination of pyscjsocial and physiological events.

Question 8

i'm caucasian am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

Similar to others: Here is the statistics on race and addiction
http://www.Michaelshouse.Com/blog/race-statistics-drug-addiction-and-prison/.

Question 9

i'm middle eastern am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

Social vs race: Socioeconomic vs race places a part in addiction. In middle eastern population addiction was high with either ingesting or smoking opium vs alcohol or cocaine.

Question 10

i'm african american am i more susceptible to becoming an addict?

Accepted Answer

No: There may be some racial differences in vulnerabilities to certain addictions (for example-certain asians drink less secondary to enzyme deficiencies) but no race is more susceptible to addiction in general.

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