Role of Genes and Environment on Drinking Habits

Alcohol use typically begins during adolescence, but your genes and environment contribute to the link between you drinking alone or under peer pressure. Alcohol use during adolescence, within social contexts, and is often correlated with the drinking of one's peers. A new study of how a person's drinking is related to the alcohol use of their peers from early adolescence through to early adulthood has found that both genetic and environmental factors contribute ...