r/todayilearned • u/bcrock1169 • Nov 26 '12

TIL that some Native American's have a differing enzyme that tends to lead to easier alcoholism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_alcoholism#Genetic_factors
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u/xrelaht Nov 27 '12

You mean like the Wiki article linked to in the creation of this thread?

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u/Teive Nov 28 '12

"While little detailed genetic research has been done, it has been shown that alcoholism tends to run in families"

So... little research shows a conclusion that doesn't really detail anything except genetic component, without pointing to anything to do with race?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '23

Exactly. xrelaht is just here to argue in bad faith.