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Nicotine does do something, it gives you a dopamine hit. It feels good. It doesn’t cause impairment like weed and alcohol if that’s what you mean by “doing some
by jf- 8y ago
Nicotine does do something, it gives you a dopamine hit. It feels good. It doesn’t cause impairment like weed and alcohol if that’s what you mean by “doing something”, but you can definitely feel it.
Even if you personally don’t respond to it, others do.
- oliwarner 8y agoIt does that to begin with, but this dopamine increase (through stimulation and reduced MAO production) means that the baseline dopamine level in a smoker changes. That's why you feel shitty once you stop smoking. Once you're that far —and we're only talking days— smoking is not getting you a desirable outcome, it's merely returning you to your new baseline dopamine level. Simply put, it's just too addictive to be used recreationally.
- jf- 8y agoYou're just reiterating the received wisdom on drug tolerance: you have to take more to get the same effect. On that, some claim to find a ceiling effect to tolerance, that is after a certain dose adaptation no longer takes place and the dose remains effective. Alternatively you can cycle. Your bottom line is an over-simplification. Also, you're now longer making your initial point, that nicotine isn't fun, instead you've moved on to 'the fun wears off or you'll need to consume more to get the same effect'.