Genes and Addiction

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/genes/ Susceptibility Does Not Mean Inevitability When scientists look for “addiction genes,” what they are really looking for are biological differences that may make someone more or less vulnerable to...

Opium Throughout History

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heroin/etc/history.html Comment; A very thorough review of the history of mankind as related to opium then opiates/narcotics originating in 3,400 BC to current with all of the major political, social & cultural effects...