TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT · CHAPTER 18

The Counterfeit Keys

Name: Same Target, Different Drug: Speed Is the Story | The Dopamine Brain, Chapter 18
Uploaded: 2026-09-18T07:51:50-07:00
Duration: 9 min 36 s
Description: A pill a child takes before school can block the same share of dopamine pumps as cocaine in a vein. I spent years thinking the target explained the danger. It does not — the clock does, and once you see that, half the argument about stimulants falls apart.

A pill a child takes before school can block the same share of dopamine pumps as cocaine in a vein. I spent years thinking the target explained the danger. It does not — the clock does, and once you see that, half the argument about stimulants falls apart.

13 pages · 28 references, every one verified · written by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP

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The chapter on video — the same argument, with the figures and the studies on screen as they come up.

The receipts behind Chapter 18

The book makes the argument. This supplement shows the evidence, claim by claim: the study, who was in it, the number and where it sits in the paper, what it does not show — and the questions to bring to your own physician. It is written to be shared with your doctor.

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