W.I.R.E.
CH1 · DOPAMINE
04SIGNAL INTEGRITY

Your brain has a factory setting.
Take it back.

No lectures. No fear. Just the receipts — exactly what nicotine and party drugs do to your dopamine baseline, your money, and your edge. You make the call.

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01THE LANDSCAPE // YOU'RE NOT AN OUTLIER

For a lot of your generation, this is just the water.

Substance use among Gen-Z isn't a fringe failure — it's common. That's not a reason to panic; it's exactly why honest, zero-judgment information beats scare tactics.

01Alcohol
0%

of Gen-Z binge drank in the past year

29%regularly down 6+ drinks in one sitting
02Other drugs
0%

had used cannabis by age 23

32%had tried cocaine, ketamine or ecstasy
02THE RECEIPTS

The cost isn't just the cough.

Hard numbers on what the habit takes from your chemistry and your wallet. Every figure links to its source.

01Latency
~0s

to hijack your reward system

Inhaled nicotine peaks in the brain in about ten seconds. The faster a drug hits, the harder it grips.

02Prevalence
0.0%

of US high schoolers vaped in 2024

Down from a 2019 peak of over 5 million youth — but still the most-used tobacco product among teens.

03Onset
1–2d

for some teens to lose control

The most susceptible teens report losing autonomy over use within days of first inhaling. Biology, not willpower.

04Cost / yr
$0

quietly burned on a habit

Estimate: one ~$10 disposable every two days. That's a flight, a deposit, a rig — vaporized.

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