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Understanding: What is the Main Ingredient that Gets You High?

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drugs of abuse and other psychoactive substances flood the brain's reward system with dopamine, a chemical that regulates pleasure, motivation, and emotion. Understanding the complex pharmacology involved is key to answering the question, what is the main ingredient that gets you high?.