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There have been many studies on this subject and the simple answer is that addiction is not caused by just one fact. Addiction is considered a bio/psycho/socio/environmental disease. Just having the gene for addiction doesn't guarantee that you will become an addict. Neither does mental illness or being subject to mental abuse as a child. Addiction is usually the result of a combination of factors that include genetic predisposition, the way the person see and interacts with the world and their ability to cope with stress, and the person's physical environment while growing up. Kids who grow up watching their parents abuse drugs or alcohol are much more likely to do the same thing.

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