Originally Posted by
freethinking 
Your last sentence...Are you implying that Italian American alcoholics became alcoholic because they moved here? Because of our culture? If so, I disagree. Clearly, alcoholism will never be truly gone entirely from any culture. I suspect if an Italian American is an alcoholic, it's because it was in his genes...not because he moved here.
if you don't think how we look at drugs and alcohol and try to treat abuse of the substances isn't cultural but purely genetic that we do fundamentally disagree. The culture will dictate how one views the substance and how it should be used..that is everything..culture is very powerful.. There are many flaws in your argument but Ill agree to disagree