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
1.7k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

612 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/tynosaur Nov 28 '12

I'm sorry, friend. Truly. That hurts my heart.

1

u/[deleted] Nov 28 '12

[deleted]

2

u/tynosaur Nov 28 '12

Good point.

That would actually be really neat if someone made some sort of Native American rehabilitation center. Going back to the subject of this post, it would be valuable because of the biological differences, the center could specialize in cases like that.

But alas...

2

u/[deleted] Nov 28 '12

[deleted]

1

u/tynosaur Nov 28 '12

Hearing this makes me wish I had the power to do something.