Reprogramming Your Brain with Drugs

Your body is basically a biological computer and drugs are the cheat codes that hack your operating

system. Neuropharmacology isn't magic, it is just messing with your body’s

wiring. You have receptors everywhere acting like locks, and drugs are the

keys. Agonists turn the switches on, like adrenaline ramping up your

heart to fight a bear, while antagonists block the signal completely.

But here is the wildest part. Your brain eventually learns the cheat codes.

That is why opioids stop working as well over time. You aren't just swallowing a pill,

you are literally reprogramming your own hardware.