Drug addiction is a complex disorder that has a large spectrum of causes. Vulnerability to addiction has been shown in twin studies to have a robust genetic component. This genetic basis for addiction has general and specific components for each drug abused. Although many genes have been implicated in drug addiction, only a handful have either been replicated to have an association or to have an identified functional mechanism related to specific effects of abused drugs. A few selected genetic variants that currently look promising for the study of alcohol, opiate, and cocaine addiction are discussed in this article.
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Kreek, M. J., Nielsen, D. A., & LaForge, K. S. (2004). Genes Associated with Addiction: Alcoholism, Opiate, and Cocaine Addiction. NeuroMolecular Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/nmm:5:1:085
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