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'''Drugs''' are substances other than [[nutriment|nutriments]] that are introduced into a body for the purpose of modifying, temporarily or permanently, its physical or mental processes. Drugs prescribed to cure or treat disease are [[medications]]. An overdose of drugs is [[poisonous]]. Any drug and indeed any substance, in sufficient quantity, can be used as a [[poison]]. [[Foxglove]], for example, can be used to kill. Many drugs include medically undesirable side effects which make them at the same time poisons. The medically desirable effects and/or the medically undesirable effects of a drug may lead to its non-medical usage ritually or recreationally. | '''Drugs''' are substances other than [[nutriment|nutriments]] that are introduced into a body for the purpose of modifying, temporarily or permanently, its physical or mental processes. Drugs prescribed to cure or treat disease are [[medications]]. An overdose of drugs is [[poisonous]]. Any drug and indeed any substance, in sufficient quantity, can be used as a [[poison]]. [[Foxglove]], for example, can be used to kill. Many drugs include medically undesirable side effects which make them at the same time poisons. The medically desirable effects and/or the medically undesirable effects of a drug may lead to its non-medical usage ritually or recreationally. | ||
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Revision as of 06:34, 21 March 2013
Drugs are substances other than nutriments that are introduced into a body for the purpose of modifying, temporarily or permanently, its physical or mental processes. Drugs prescribed to cure or treat disease are medications. An overdose of drugs is poisonous. Any drug and indeed any substance, in sufficient quantity, can be used as a poison. Foxglove, for example, can be used to kill. Many drugs include medically undesirable side effects which make them at the same time poisons. The medically desirable effects and/or the medically undesirable effects of a drug may lead to its non-medical usage ritually or recreationally.
Subcategories
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Pages in category "Drug"
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