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Originally Posted by jaguar
What about alcoholics? Or is that a socially accepted way of killing yourself? Fuck this horseshit, no wonder there's a steady stream of people emigrating to more liberal asian countries.
More on topic, this kind of bio/neuroethics is only going to get more complex, I cannot wait to see how badly it gets mashed in the soundbites. The causation/correlation problems with some of these things (teen driving) is already a worry. I'll never understand it really, we tackle the symptoms when they get in the way but never, ever the causes. I will also never understand why people who happily pop paxil and prozac (or have a few stiff drinks after a long day) think cocaine and marijuana are wrong.
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I have not seen a report on alcoholics having a problem with the frontal cortex. I think science has proven it is more of a gene aboration. Alcoholics actually are allergic to alcohol. There brain does not break down a certain chemical in the brain the way it does in non-alcoholics. I think it's been proven that in certain anti-social men with violent tendencies; there seems to be an extra y chromosone that may cause the violent tendencies. I may be wrong about this, so don't qoute me on it. However, I seem to remember while studying abnormal psy. this was an agreed upon conclusion in the realm of science. I agree with you on your last sentence; but as you know the latter are illegal. God knows why, for alcohol definetley causes more violence than the use of marijuana........ I may have mistated my first point, for drinking alcohol excessively for a long period of time brings on dementa in many cases. Therfore, it would cause a problem with the frontal cortex of the brain.....