Why is it so polarizing?
Even people who used to smoke a lot just can t anymore, myself included: I used to exclusively smoke until my early 20s; Now even a couple tokes make me either feel self conscious or totally overwhelmed and „braindead“.
Others have the exact opposite effect, where it makes them super relaxed or even forget all their worries to a point that they need to stop to confront their problems.
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There is a great book called **Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction** by Judith Grisel. She is really interesting because she did a ridiculous amount of drugs when she was young, sobered up, and became a neuroscientist who studied drugs.
She has a concept called the B process, or when the brain returns to homeostasis after a high, depression, etc. The bigger the high, the longer the B process as your brain returns to its regular status. You could also call this coming down, sobering up, whatever. The point is that as you get older, the B process gets harder on your brain.
She doesn’t delve into chemistry or in-depth studies, just explains that neurologically what goes up must come down.
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