Given the high costs and difficulties in successfully treating addiction, there has been interest in discovering more effective approaches. Dependence on alcohol and other psychoactive substances has long been thought to have a biological basis, as suggested by observations of its prevalence in some families. Therefore it has been thought that a better understanding of the genetic contribution to addiction could lead to more effective drugs to assist in cessation of drug use with fewer adverse side effects. Relatedly, it is assumed that genotyping could also better match patients to existing pharmacological treatments for addiction. However, despite good evidence that genes contribute to addiction susceptibility, the results of qualitative family studies and molecular approaches to addiction disorders have been fairly modest thus far. Also, like other behavioral genetics research, the manner in which genetics research associated with addiction is conducted, interpreted to the public, and then translated into clinical practice and policy initiatives raises important ethical, social, and legal issues.<\/p>\n
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