http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/05/06/inequality-and-drug-use/ For a greater understanding of the encultured brain and body... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/05/06/inequality-and-drug-use/#comment-5583 Fri, 22 May 2009 11:11:37 +0000 http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-5583 [...] outlaws and the drug war to college binge drinking and gender, stress and addiction and inequality and addiction, and finally on denial and disease and on age limits on [...]

]]> http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/05/06/inequality-and-drug-use/#comment-1590 Mon, 12 May 2008 03:03:34 +0000 http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-1590 [...] While brain imaging is a very useful tool, it does not provide a complete understanding of addiction. Each technique has limitations, as described above, but future developments are sure to strengthen these technologies. In addition, treating addiction purely as a brain disease has its own limitations, in that it ignores the powerful socio-cultural factors that contribute to drug use. [...]

]]> http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/05/06/inequality-and-drug-use/#comment-1569 Sat, 10 May 2008 11:41:33 +0000 http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-1569 The New York Times has an excellent editorial today on the unequal patterns of drug-related arrests and convictions in low-income, minorty communities: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10sat1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

]]> http://neuroanthropology.net/2008/05/06/inequality-and-drug-use/#comment-1536 Wed, 07 May 2008 15:07:01 +0000 http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-1536 [...] Inequality and Drug Use [...]

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