Where is the line?

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Where is the line between drug and medicine to you?
What constitutes as a drug to you?
What constitutes as medicine?
Is a drug always a medicine?

Accepted Answer

All medicines are drugs, but not all drugs are medicines. 
The definition of a drug used to be a substance obtained through extraction of medicinal plants.

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All medicines are drugs. But all Drugs are separated  into categories.  All Medicines can be abused,  with side effects.

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Any thing man-made or nature made that has mind or body altering properties is a drug. Pharmaceutical drugs, street drugs, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, all are technically drugs. The word “drug” doesn’t automatically mean bad even though some people correlate the two

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Anything for recreational use is a drug, everything else is a medicine. Some medicines can be used as drugs. Sometimes, intent matters.

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Anything that alters the mind or the body in any way is a drug. However, this doesn't mean it's automatically bad for you, for example we all know about a lot of the medicinal properties found in marijuana and it's effectiveness when used responsibly.

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a "drug" is something that affects my ability (in the slightest) to drive any vehicle, especially a motorbike. "medicine" helps me mentally, physically, or emotionally for the better, improves my quality of life.

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Interesting question. I think medicine cures or alleviates a medical problem. So one person's medicine can be another person's drug.

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all medicine are drugs...i think but there are recreational drugs and therapeutic drugs used to treat illness, its how you use them that makes the difference

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Medicines are drugs.  Not all drugs are medicine. There are a lot of drugs that people consume on a daily basis that isn’t medicine (caffeine, alcohol, etc).

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Well really what constitutes a drug and a medicine for me are simple. A drug is more along the lines of illegal substances or medicine being used wrong. Medicine, is legal substances prescribed by a doctor. However, there’s a grey area for me with the two because of the addictive side affects medicine can have. Personally, I call something a drug if the person I’m speaking of is addicted to it for example: “sally is taking oxi she bought off of the corner at 28th street after her surgery” that’s a drug. She got it illegally even though I have a bottle of oxi in my medicine cabinet. However using the same sentence but switching one element i would consider it medicine “sally is taking oxi she bought from cvs after her surgery” one she obtained legally the other she didn’t. It’s basically a “social concept” now

Where is the line?

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