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By inhibiting the dopamine transporter, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor increases the body's extracellular concentrations of dopamine, which in turn increases dopaminergic neurotransmission and creates feelings of pleasure or even euphoria. A dopamine reuptake inhibitor has a number of medical applications.
Without the presence of this drug, inhibitory neurotransmitters are active in the synapse, and effectively prevent dopamine from being released. With this drug in the system, cannabinoid receptors turn off the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters, and dopamine is released. THC is the active chemical in this drug, and it mimics anandamine and binds to cannabinoid receptors. Inhibition is turned off, and thus dopamine squirts into the synapse.