Addiction Defined, Neurochemically

Christian Luscher and Mark A. Ungless define the onset of addiction as a release of mesocorticolimbic dopamine. They believe that many, if not all, addictive drugs conform to this neurochemical mechanism. Care to read more about it?

Until videogames can be held to such a rigorous neurochemical mechanism, I will have none of the shennigans that videogames are addictive. As Theravedan Buddhists have known for millennia, unhealthy attachments to worldly things leads to suffering. Anything can be used unhealthily, and its user can be compelled to continue use despite the detriments to health. In fact, the politicians so feverous to claim videogames are addictive are more than likely suffering from a form of addiction themselves, addiction to power.

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