we have actually generated some data showing that traumatic brain injuries (TBI) induce risk-taking behaviors (which are very similar in nature to addictive behaviors)
The catch is every neuroscience department of a medical university generated the same / similar data.
But no effective cure for addiction of this type was found! Find the cure! That would be a breakthrough worth financing. The world wants solutions / cures, not another non-controversial set of data.
and that reducing that damage seems to reduce the behavioral impairment (not that everyone with addictive personalities has brain damage, but having brain damage can dramatically increase your chances of developing these behaviors)
How do you reduce the damage? Did you discover a medicine for reducing the damage in the brain?