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Risk Factors of Addiction

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Addiction affects both body and mind. As a result, various addictions can have numerous risk factors associated with them.


A risk factor is an indirect element of a disease; it is not a cause or symptom of it. While risk factors may compromise one's defenses against a disease, they do not in and or themselves imply anything. Alternately, the lack of risk factors does not inure one against a disease.


Some risk factors that can facilitate a person's slide into addiction include:


Some risk factors that can facilitate a person's slide into addiction include:


  • A medical condition
  • Anxiety may require benzodiazapines
  • Pain may require opioids
  • Depression from poor self-concept, obesity may initiate cocaine use
  • Family history of addiction
  • Fatigue: exhaustion can lead a person to desire amphetamines


Risk factors differ for different drugs. For singular descriptions, please refer to the appropriate page on our website.


 

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