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    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in China have identified about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies and addiction control.
    Experts believe genetic factors account for up to 60 percent of a person's vulnerability to drug addiction, with environmental factors accounting for the remainder.

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    this is quite interesting to me because while I have over the years tried a few things like pot, acid, coke and X once or twice. I seem to react different to drugs than alot of other people. In my 20's when coke was all the rage I could go to a party do two lines and be done with it. Never felt that "need for more" like everyone else would.

    Pretty much the same thing with all the other things. Like X for example. The couple of times I did it in the late 90's I would only do like 1/2 a pill, never needed or wanted more but people around me would be doing two or three pills in one night! I was always like wtf? why?

    now I have an idea of why drugs were never a problem for me. I probably just don't have the addiction gene.

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    ^^^Or you just haven't yet hit that unique chemical compound that you cannot get your fill of!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicagoeditor View Post
    ^^^Or you just haven't yet hit that unique chemical compound that you cannot get your fill of!
    maybe but if that's the case I won't be finding it because I stopped all that party like behavior years ago.

    Call it growing up or whatever but I'm not willing to put myself or others at risk like that anymore. No more drugs for me save the rare joint smoked at home. No driving either, not even if I've only had one glass of wine.
    wisdom with age I guess

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    ^^^ Wise. But I'm saddled with these bad genes, you see....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicagoeditor View Post
    ^^^ Wise. But I'm saddled with these bad genes, you see....
    ah, I do see. Maybe what's learned in these gene studies will help. I can tell you this though, I know how lucky I am that I probably don't have those genes considering all the risks I took in the past. Damn lucky, indeed. thanks for link, btw. It covered stuff I have always been curious about in terms of why I went down a different path then some others. I found the information of great interest.

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