Do you develop a tolerance to dopamine?

As much as we'd like to deny it, there's a lot more involved in our decision making when it comes to food than just the advice of our inner and outer nutritionists. For the most part, we know that we should be eating. read more

Even if you don’t like something at all you can end up wanting to do it if it causes some kind of consistent dopamine release. Dopamine and Eating Behaviors This is important to our diets because, for one, we get little dopamine rewards when we eat. read more

How Drug Tolerance Changes the Brain Dopamine is a neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitters are released from neurons and travel in the microscopic spaces (called “synapses”) to inter-connected neurons to send messages from one brain cell to another. read more

According to this NIMH study, tolerance develops faster with high-potency cannabinoids. People who have irregular access to marijuana, and to low-quality marijuana at that, do not have the opportunity to develop sufficient tolerance to overcome the acute effects of the drug. read more