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To: LindyBill who wrote (98997)	2/6/2005 9:49:43 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

Of course. Common folk wisdom proved again. Weakness for drink could be in the genes Daily Telegraph (UK), by Roger Highfield telegraph.co.uk A gene mutation that increases the likelihood of becoming drunk on just one drink has been discovered. Scientists were studying rats but believe that tolerance levels to alcohol may be genetically wired in people too and could eventually help identify children and adults at higher risk of developing a drink problem. Alcohol interferes with how brain cells communicate with one another, resulting in a lack of co-ordination, grogginess, impaired memory and loss of inhibitions associated with drunkenness.