– Nicotine is a tropane alkaloid, it has the ability to release dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain, why does it not produce consistent euphoria like cocaine; alkaloid or speed: amphetamine?

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EDIT – Something I forgot to mention which may add context is that after a period of abstinence I feel a sharp euphoric wave of dopamine which goes away within less than a few minutes and results in dysphoria, even with redosing.

Unlike cocaine, which I’m comparing since both are alkaloids, it seems to build a very unusually fast tolerance and any positive effects dissipate, unlike the latter.

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Just another reason for society to abandon tobacco as a valid drug.

All it gives is 5 minutes of happiness and in turn, it gives you a lifelong addiction, and lung cancer, makes everything smell, makes people dislike you, cause passive smoking in people around you, ruin your voice, waste your money and so much more.

Cocaine might be bad, but atleast it has some real effects…