Nature vs. Nurture

[IHrtHalucingens]

Lately i have been thinking about the whole nature vs nurture question in terms of drug use. As with any psychological theory either side can be argued and the answersare highly dependant on certain circumstances or situations, but i'd just like to see what other people think about the subject.


Is drug use influenced more by:


A) Nature-Are people genetically predisposed to use drugs, maybe by expressing a gene for curiosity or somehting of the sort.


B) Nurture-Maybe your parents are too lenient about following rules so you grow up with less respect for laws, or maybe your parents raised you with too many rules and too strict consequences so you feel the need to rebel and use drugs? One must also consider the use of drugs as a way to escape troubles in your life. Maybe you were abused as a child or made fun of and have low self esteem like many anti-drug advocates say isa bigcause fordrug use.


C) Both-Maybeits a combonation of both nature and nurture that brings one to using drugs.


I don't know its just somethingthat i often think about, trying to figure out whyone does whatone does.And by no means are my examples the only possible variations justsituations tohelp along the thought process. i'd be very interested to hear what others have to say aboutit, and their reasoning behind it.