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Genetics and Environment: Influence on Addiction

Addiction is a complex disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Several elements, including genetics and environment, play a role in addiction development. While some may have a genetic predisposition to addiction, others may be more vulner...

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How Drug Addiction Affects Families

Substance abuse disorders ruined many lives. It affects people’s brains and behavior to the point where they can no longer control the use of illegal (and legal) drugs, even when they know its negative effects. It causes the following problems ...

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How Substance Abuse Affects Mental Health

It should not come off as a surprise that drug addiction and poor mental health are closely intertwined because the latter could cause the other and vice versa, and both may even simultaneously occur. Most people with bad Mental Health woul...

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Hepatitis C and Substance Abuse Disorder

Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the Hepatitis C virus. Anyone who had blood contact with an infected person is likely to get the disease. While it can be infectious in the short term, some may develop a chronic or lifelong infection which ...

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