2006-12-06 14:40:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Medications are drugs.
Some medications are not controlled drugs, other are controlled by prescriptions or are completely illegal.
Some controlled drugs are called recreational because they don't have a medical purpose, these are often the ones that are banned completely.
2006-12-06 14:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
other then the fact that drug is the word used by people who are on the street selling drugs and medicine or medication are words used by people who are taking the drug for treatment and not for recreational purpose. there is not a differance .
2006-12-06 23:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a drug causes a theraputic effect, a medicine is created by man. Oxygen is a drug but not a medicine
2006-12-07 20:33:26 · answer #3 · answered by usamedic420 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference is a very thin line. A drug works even when it`s not needed. Sleeping pill induces sleep even in those who can sleep normally without any pll. A medicine works only when needed. Tylenol reduces high temperature to normal. It does not reduce normal temperature to subnormal.
2006-12-07 08:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋