Monografiya posvyashchena aktual'nym aspektam biologicheskikh problem narkologii. V ney vpervye pokazany razlichiya metabolizma u lyudey dvukh etnicheskikh grupp (evropeoidy i mongoloidy), kotorye obuslovlivayut spetsificheskie biokhimicheskie mekhanizmy formirovaniya u nikh alkogol'noy zavisimosti. Osveshcheny osobennosti dinamiki okisleniya etilovogo spirta, obmena lipidov i uglevodov, lipidnoy sostavlyayushchey membran eritrotsitov v zavisimosti ot etnicheskoy prinadlezhnosti. Pokazano, chto spetsificheskie osobennosti metabolizma lezhat v osnove etnicheskikh razlichiy v biokhimicheskikh reaktsiyakh na etanol, chto obuslovlivaet bystroe formirovanie alkogol'noy zavisimosti i protekanie zabolevaniya tyazhelo i zlokachestvenno u mongoloidov. Monografiya rasschitana na biologov, biokhimikov, vrachey razlichnykh profiley.