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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 235260" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I agree, Susie. I don't see how anyone can dispute that street drugs and alcohol have different effects on people and some people crave them after the first try, while others don't. Just like the rx'd medications for our kids have different effects on different people- even people with the same symptoms and diagnosis's. That's why I think there is ample reason to believe genetics are involved and the chemical make-up of a person has something to do with it. I might be more comfortable refering to addiction as an illness than a disease, but I guess it is the same implication: it's not just willpower. The same as if a medication makes my son manic, but not someone else's child- that isn't a matter of willpower. But I've been having to argue that point a lot to others in the real world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 235260, member: 3699"] I agree, Susie. I don't see how anyone can dispute that street drugs and alcohol have different effects on people and some people crave them after the first try, while others don't. Just like the rx'd medications for our kids have different effects on different people- even people with the same symptoms and diagnosis's. That's why I think there is ample reason to believe genetics are involved and the chemical make-up of a person has something to do with it. I might be more comfortable refering to addiction as an illness than a disease, but I guess it is the same implication: it's not just willpower. The same as if a medication makes my son manic, but not someone else's child- that isn't a matter of willpower. But I've been having to argue that point a lot to others in the real world. [/QUOTE]
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