We hear of people who do all kinds of counterproductive and depraved acts for the dopamine high. For example, one article in Forbes titled “Addicted to Bang” blamed dopamine for people’s enjoyment of firearms. Or there was one from NBC News titled “Why QAnon Followers Are Like Addicts.” Apparently, dopamine, this story explained, caused people to believe that “a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles operate a global child sex trafficking ring that conspired against former U.S. President Donald Trump” (as QAnon has been described).
