Q9. Are there any risk factors for addiction? - Drug Addiction FAQs

A9. Yes. These are indicators of whether someone is likely to become an addict but are NOT causes of an addiction.

These include:

  • Personality, i.e. an ‘addictive personality’
  • Family
  • Environment
  • Friends
  • Career
  • Genetics
  • Medical condition
  • Mental state

This doesn’t mean that they will become an addict but are indicators for doing so.

Find out more about these in our about drug addiction section.

Drug Addiction FAQs Index:

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  1. What is an addiction?
  3. What causes an addiction?
  4. Why do some people become addicted but others don’t?
  5. What are the physical effects of an addiction?
  6. What are the mental effects of an addiction?
  7. What is the relationship between addiction and crime?
  8. Can you have a harmless addiction to something?
  9. Are there any risk factors for addiction?
  10. How do I know if I have an addiction?
  11. How do you treat an addiction?
  12. What is ‘withdrawal’?
  13. What are ‘cravings’?
  14. What is a ‘relapse?’
  15. Can you be cured of an addiction?
  16. How does drinking lead to alcoholism?
  17. What are the signs of a drink problem?
  18. What is the difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism?
  19. What is ‘alcohol tolerance’?
  20. What are alcohol withdrawal symptoms?
  22. What is the treatment for alcohol addiction?
  23. Why is smoking so addictive?
  24. What is ‘nicotine'?
  25. Why is it so difficult to stop smoking?
  26. What are the effects of nicotine withdrawal?
  27. How does smoking cause cancer?
  1. What are the effects of smoking?
  2. What is ‘caffeine’?
  3. How can you become addicted to caffeine?
  4. Which foods or drinks contain caffeine?
  5. What are the effects of too much caffeine?
  6. What is caffeine withdrawal?
  9. How does an addiction start in young people?
  11. Why do young people become addicted?
  12. How can we stop young people from becoming addicted?
  13. Why do people take drugs?
  14. What are ‘hard’ drugs?
  15. What are ‘soft’ drugs?
  16. Is drug use confined to deprived areas only?
  17. What are the signs of drug abuse?
  18. What are the effects of drug use?
  19. What is the link between drug use and crime?
  20. Which are the most popular drugs in the UK?
  21. Why do teenagers take drugs?
  23. Can you stop taking drugs by willpower only?
  24. Why do people lie about taking drugs?
  25. How do you treat drug addiction?
  26. What is ‘cold turkey’?
  27. What is drug rehab?
  28. Does drug treatment work?

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