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The student nurse is learning about some issues related to substance abuse from an experienced nurse who works in an addiction detoxification unit. The student nurse asks the nurse about the importance of requesting information from the patients about a family history of substance abuse. Which of the following responses by the nurse are appropriate?
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1. “There is a genetic link between having an alcoholic parent and developing problems related to substance use.”
2. “These genetic issues are more often related to alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use.”
3. “One type of genetically-related alcoholism is associated with an antisocial personality disorder, early use, and an inability to stop drinking.”
4. “The patient has an increased likelihood of developing substance use problems when the mother of the patient is an alcoholic.”

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1,2,3 -- Children of alcoholics have a greater risk for developing substance use problems. These types of genetic issues lead to problems with alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use. One type of alcoholism seen mostly in the sons of alcoholic fathers is associated with an inability to abstain, early onset, and an antisocial personality. These types of genetic issues are typically found in male relatives. Results of one study revealed that adolescent boys of alcoholics with the D2 dopamine receptor gene used alcohol and became intoxicated from alcohol more often than boys without this genetic marker. In addition, they tried and used more substances overall. Boys with this allele used more tobacco and experienced a marijuana high at an earlier age than boys without this genetic alteration.

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