The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
there, too, I discussed the fact that about 8% to 10% of people who consume alcohol get an increased dopamine response to alcohol that's not observed in other people. And that particular subgroup of people is very, very at risk for developing alcohol use disorder, sometimes called alcoholism, because they can drink in a way and they experience a high from drinking in a way that other people simply do not experience.
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there's the subset of individuals maybe a little less than 10% or so that perhaps experiences heightened increases in dopamine release in response to alcohol that other people don't so that's interesting and certainly needs more study
there is a subset of people for whom for whatever reason it seems they get more activation of the dopamine system from alcohol these people may be and very likely are more prone to becoming alcoholics