Technically,dope is dopamine.
Dopamine is a biochemical,and occurs bodies of living things, dopamine is one of the chemicals responsible forrunner'
s high.
But you can 'take' dope, by consumption of
drugs like marujuana,which make you
high by raising your dopamine levels.
Though it is possible to get unadulterated dope,it's very difficult, and worth a fortune, and though it won't harm you.
(1. you won't come across it often enough to get very addicted. 2.Addiction is the only recorded
bad side-effect, but too much in one go will probebly kill you, anything can, even air.)
It's probebly illegal because it's urgently needed for treatment of patients in hospital.