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*a drug is any ‘substance’ (other than ‘food’ that provides ‘nutritional support’) that (when ‘inhaled’, ‘injected’, ‘smoked’, ‘consumed’, ‘absorbed’ via a ‘patch’ on the ‘skin’, or ‘dissolved’ under the ‘tongue’) causes a temporary physiological (and often psychological) change in the body)*
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(in ‘pharmacology’, a ‘drug’ is a ‘chemical substance’ of known structure (other than a ‘nutrient’ of an ‘essential dietary ingredient’) which, when administered to a ‘living organism’, produces a ‘biological effect’)
(a ‘pharmaceutical drug’ (also called a ‘medication’ or ‘medicine’) is a ‘chemical substance’ used to ‘treat’, ‘cure’, ‘prevent’, or ‘diagnose’ a disease or to promote ‘well-being’)
(traditionally, ‘drugs’ were obtained through ‘extraction’ from ‘medicinal plants’, but more recently also by ‘organic synthesis’)
(‘pharmaceutical drugs’ may be used for a limited duration, or on a regular basis for ‘chronic disorders’)
(‘pharmaceutical drugs’ are often classified into ‘drug classes’ — groups of related drugs that have similar ‘chemical structures’, the same ‘mechanism of action’ (binding to the same ‘biological target’), a related ‘mode of action’, and that are used to treat the same disease)
(the “anatomical therapeutic chemical classification system” (ATC), the most widely used ‘drug classification system’, assigns drugs a unique ‘ATC code’, which is an ‘alphanumeric code’ that assigns it to specific drug classes within the ‘ATC system’)
(another major classification system is the ‘biopharmaceutics classification system’)
(this classifies ‘drugs’ according to their ‘solubility’ and ‘permeability’ or ‘absorption’ properties)
(‘psychoactive drugs’ are ‘chemical substances’ that affect the function of the ‘central nervous system,’ altering ‘perception’, ‘mood’, or ‘consciousness’)
(they include ‘alcohol’, a ‘depressant’ (and a ‘stimulant’ in ‘small quantities’), and the stimulants ‘nicotine’ + ‘caffeine’)
(these 3 are the most widely consumed ‘psychoactive drugs’ worldwide and are also considered ‘recreational drugs’ since they are used for ‘pleasure’ rather than ‘medicinal purposes’)
(other ‘recreational drugs’ include ‘hallucinogens’, ‘opiates’, and ‘amphetamines’ and some of these are also used in ‘spiritual’ or ‘religious’ settings)
(some ‘drugs’ can cause ‘addiction’ and all ‘drugs’ can have ‘side effects’)
(excessive use of ‘stimulants’ can promote ‘stimulant psychosis’)
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(many ‘recreational drugs’ are ‘illicit’ + ‘international treaties’ (such as the ‘single convention on narcotic drugs’) exist for the purpose of their ‘prohibition’)
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