What the difference between poison and drugs?

A drug has a beneficial effect under a given set of circumstances. A poison has an adverse effect under a given set of circumstances. Just to complicate the issue, drugs may have adverse and beneficial effects at the same time, e.g. read more

First of all drugs is a slang propaganda term popularized by people like Ronald Reagan inside the government. It groups together completely different and non related chemicals and treats them the same when in reality there are many different types that are nothing alike. read more

As Paracelsus (1493-1541), the founder of toxicology, said, “All things are poisons and nothing is without poison, only the dosage makes a thing not poison”. To conclude – all medicines are drugs, whereas not all drugs are medicines. The difference between a drug and a medicine is, then, a slight and simple but significant one. read more

An illegal drug is a drug which is prohibited by the law. An example of this is cannabis, a popular illegal drug. read more