How many people do you know who are addicted to something? By that I don’t mean my friend who is addicted to refurbishing old motorcycles. I am asking about people who addicted to a chemical substance.
Over the following weeks I will be writing a series of blogs on addictive drugs. The series will begin with the least addictive and move on to the most addictive. It will cover marijuana, alcohol and tobacco as well as cocaine, heroin, LSD, barbiturates, benzodiazepines and amphetamines.
One of the major underlying issues is that some people are more prone to addictive behavior. Believe it or not, research has shown that people can be genetically pre-dispositioned to addictive behavior.
Look at your parents. Are they addicts? If so, you stand a much greater chance of becoming addicted to drugs or alcohol yourself. That’s not to say that you will. Of course if you never try a drug, you will never be addicted to it.
But not all drugs are the same when it comes to being addictive. I hope you enjoy the series. As always I welcome your comments on anything we blog about here. Too learn more about drugs and alcohol and their addictive qualities please take one of our in class or online drug classes.