A famous psychological experiment was done years ago, in which the brains of alcoholic men and their eleven-year-old sons were scanned to see if they had similar brain patterns. They did, and the researchers concluded from this that alcoholism is hereditary-passed down from father to son as if it were a mere physical trait--predestined to make an alcoholic of the sons. I believe these researchers were wrong, and that this can be proved particularly in what they didn't test for. They didn't test for the presence of alcohol in the eleven-year-old subjects--or the article never mentioned it. What if the parents had been feeding alcohol to their children? I believe this is common, and it is rarely mentioned--no on looks for it, they simply assume that the children behave oddly because alcoholics make bad parents. But no one will know until it is routinely tested for. Perhaps alcoholism is being passed down by being taught, and not through inherited genes.
Suggestion--Test children, no matter how young, who become part of the legal system for alcohol and drugs.
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