10:1 Drugs resemblance

10:1 Drug resemblance 

In the last couple weeks I have been focusing on how drugs are able to resemble natural oils and smells etc. and also, I have been researching the different types of drugs and which areas of the body they impact. One thing that I have learned is that when cocaine is ingested it blocks the route that dopamine usually takes to the brain causing a build up of free dopamine in the brain creating the overly used pleasure feeling. Cocaine is about 10 times as strong as regular dopamine. 

Next, I tried to find the specific chemicals that are in the drugs and relate them to natural things which is where I came into a slump because when drugs are used they create 10x the amount of dopamine and people who have PTSD are more likely use drugs than the natural transmitters. 

While trying to figure out how o work around the situation I came up with a hypothesis.

Hypothesis: For those who are sufferer from drug abuse, they will be on a cycle that has larger concentrations of an oil that resembles the drug and then the concentration will slowely decrease so that the same amount of dopamine is being used. 

Also, I looked at the people who suffer from anxiety and depression, and turns out that SSRI is a chemical used in antidepressants to release an abundant amount of Serotonin into the body which calms the body down. Some natural serotonin regulators include Vitamin D/C, Tryptophan, omega 3, L-theanine etc. 

My next steps include creating the care packages of different foods and oils to help those who are rescued who are either already on drug abuse or prevention of them on drug abuse. 

The more I research this topic the more I would like to experiment this, though I know I would not have time for it, and that I love neuroscience. 

Learning about these different ways to calm myself down in a chemical and biological way because anxiety can be a form of long term stress.