Risk Factors for Addictions

The World Health Organization says 50% of the time, addiction is hereditary. However, most people do use drugs to try something through their life.
Other risk factors might be socioeconomic, trauma, accessibility of drugs, explains Brenda Iliff, Executive Director with Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
The expert also says a lot of people are using drugs in moderation, for feeling well. But for people with certain risk factors, their chances of becoming addicted are much greater.