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0 pointssmpetrey7y ago0 comments

Short answer: no. Hereditary has nothing to do with it.

Long answer: if you’re white, under the age of 65, and live in suburban America — then yes, you are more prone to addiction because of your geographic make-up and likely have access to healthcare options that predominantly over prescribe opioids.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/podcasts/the-daily/opioid...

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/3/16079772/opi...

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eganist7y ago

My family isn't exposed to any of that considering I'm the first among my kin born here in the United States.

As an aside, there's an interesting level of confidence in your initial response ("Hereditary [sic] has nothing to do with it.") considering that you're wrong.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=addiction+genetics+dopa... — this may be a good starting point.

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