Natural selection for stupid people?

[SeeInElle]

Being an alcoholic or a drug addict is not being stupid. I am a drug addict and I am also a member of American MENSA. I have 5 years clean. My IQ test results put me at >99.9% yet for years I did drugs everyday, all day, because drug addiction and alcoholism are disease.

Natural Selection has already taken place where drug addicts and alcoholics are concerned. There are VERY FEW alcoholics in Asian Societies because Alcohol was introduced there a LONG time before it was introduced in European and African cultures. About 1-2% of Asians are alcoholics. 10-15% of European and Africans are. about 40% of Native Americans are because they were only introduced to alcohol 300ish years ago. In the past, there was no treatment for alcoholism/addiction so people that suffered from this disease simply died without having children....NOW there are treatment and these people have children, regardless of if they are in recovery or not. This is because of free medical care given to people that cannot afford it. In the past, if you were an alcoholic and kept drinking during pregnancy you very well may lose the baby, or the baby could be born with severe defects that shortened life. So the line would eventually stop. Now, that is not the case (most of the time) using addicts will go to rehab or (because of a better legal system) will go to jail and they will not use the majority of the time they are pregnant. Yes, it still happens but not as much as it used to.

So the line continues and we make more and more people with this disease, and in the end only about 10% of addicts/alcoholics (and that is a generous estimate) will ever get and stay clean/sober.

I, for one, will NEVER have a child (may adopt one day but don't get me started on that rant) because it is irresponsible. I have a deadly disease and I will more than likely pass it on to a child. There wis a GOOD chance. I see no point in condemning someone else to this life. Just to clarify, if you are the child of an addict/alcoholic and NOT one yourself, good for you, glad you won the genetic lottery.

There is actually an organization that will pay an addict/alcoholic $400 to get sterilized. Not a bad idea, because people in active addiction (especially drugs and not alcohol) think $400 is a lot of money and will gladly take it.