I keep reading all these recreational drugs increase dopamine – the ‘feel good’ drug in the brain. So why is just injecting dopamine itself not a thing?

Question

I keep reading all these recreational drugs increase dopamine – the ‘feel good’ drug in the brain. So why is just injecting dopamine itself not a thing?

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Answer 1

I don’t know the first thing about any of this but if it was purely the dopamine itself that made you feel good then all drugs would produce the same high I’m sure that it’s a mixture of (insert drug of choice here) along with dopamine from the action of doing said drug = good feeling