Is drug addiction contagious?

[nawpar]

What do you think? Is a person more likely to get drug addiction, in a city that already has drug addicts, than a city without any?

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

What do you think? Is a person more likely to get drug addiction, in a city that already has drug addicts, than a city without any?

Every city has drug addicts. It is across the whole socioeconomic spectrum

I would say family history of any addiction substance would predetermine a lot

 

[WinterBorn]

Family history is far more important.

No, addiction is not contagious.

 

[Votto]

What do you think? Is a person more likely to get drug addiction, in a city that already has drug addicts, than a city without any?

With alcohol killing more people every year than any other drug every year, not even close, I would say it is the socially accepted and legal drugs that tend to kill more people.

 

[braalian]

No, of course it isn’t contagious. I don’t think the word means what you think it means.

 

[Anomalism]

The environment you're in can definitely play a role in your likelihood of becoming addicted to drugs. Maybe that's what you meant.

 

[nawpar]

If all the drug addicts on the planet died overnight, would that reduce the risk, of the average person from getting drug addiction? If so why?

 

[Disir]

No. There is a genetic component.

 

[Opie]

What do you think? Is a person more likely to get drug addiction, in a city that already has drug addicts, than a city without any?

No. It is the same environment everywher. they say change your people places and things well. I matter the place if someone wants to get high they will get high

 

[Disir]

The Hidden Link Between Autism and Addiction

It’s believed that people on the spectrum don’t get hooked on alcohol or other drugs. New evidence suggests they do.

www.theatlantic.com

That is not my favorite article.
I'm trying to hunt around on my phone which makes it difficult. Neurodivergents have issues with dopamine (and serotonin). Neurodivergents are not just autistic or on the spectrum. They also include ADHD and dyslexic folk. You don't have to come from a line of addicts to win a genetic predisposition. You don't have to be an addict to have eventual issues with dopamine.