Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study

[FarCenter]

Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study published in the United States on Thursday.

Previous research has pointed to these differences, but it was unclear if they resulted from the ravages of addiction or if they were there beforehand to predispose a person to drug abuse.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge compared the brains of addicts to their non-addicted siblings as well as to healthy, unrelated volunteers and found that the siblings shared many of the same weaknesses in their brains.

That indicates that the brain vulnerabilities had a family origin, though somehow the siblings of addicts -- either due to environmental factors or other differences in brain structure -- were able to resist addiction.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120202-brains-addicts-are-inherently-abnormal-study

[roguevalley]

1. MAKES SENSE. WE WORRY ABOUT ALCOHOL

[Zoeisright]

2. Wow. That makes sense.

Should be widely publicized so the puritan crowd (i.e. repukes) sees it.

Of course, they'll still judge and won't try to understand. Or help.

[DebJ]

3. They'd use the same 'logic' as for gays.

Which is they say that even if gays are gay due to biology, this is simply
the burden God has set for them to bear, and they must resist being
the people God created them to be, fight the sin of doing that, or
they will burn in hell.

Could as easily be applied to anything.