There has been a significant difference in funding of research assessing neural components of addiction in comparison to social and psychological factors of addiction. This, in consequence, leaves unassessed data that suggests that psychiatric disorders and socio-economic factors are substantial components of addiction. 

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This outlook is directly related to the implementation of expensive and unsuccessful drug policies as it focuses solely on neural mechanisms as opposed to behavioral and psychosocial factors.

Sociocultural limitations of BDMA


Grifell , M., &amp; Hart, C. L. (2018). Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease? https://doi.org/file:///C:/Users//OneDrive/Desktop/Research%20proposal/Drug%20addiction%20is%20not%20brain%20disease.pdf 

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