Vinayak Shastry is the co-founder and the chief executive officer of Ember Valley. Ember Valley is a cannabis producer, the leading independent producer in California. Through Ember Valley, Vinayak Shastry creates craft cannabis at scale including form factors such as flowers, pre-rolls, and vape carts.
Dopamine is the chemical most often credited for inducing the cannabis high, a short-lived feeling of euphoria or bliss. The theory is that dopamine activates the brain’s reward system, a system that is also activated by such activities like sex and eating, causing people to label these activities as pleasurable.
Recent studies have shown that cannabis does not, in fact, trigger a flood of dopamine. Rather, the chemical source for the cannabis high has been identified as anandamide, also known as the bliss molecule.
Anandamide induces feelings of happiness. In addition to that, this chemical plays a role in memory, movement, appetite, motivation, pain, and it may even inhibit cancer proliferation.
The reason that the cannabis high is temporary is because anandamide quickly breaks down within the body after it is produced.
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