The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
the mesocortical system has to learn in fact what is the system quote unquote learn it learns cocaine equals massive amounts of dopamine equals feeling euphoric and energetic Etc and in doing that it reinforces the whole circuit so that that short we can even say hyper short contingency is really what the system wants
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cocaine causes dramatic increases in dopamine very very fast so if somebody craves cocaine what are they craving they're craving that dopamine Peak they're craving the increased level of alertness they're craving a number of things associated with the feeling of being under the influence of the drug