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[–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I want to hear your definition of drugs.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    "A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect."

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Thanks, that's a good one one. I was wondering where exactly you disagreed with the previous definition, and that's reasonable.

    Not trying to gotcha or anything, I just think it's fun, but niacin is an example of a substance that is a nutrient but can also produce a drug effect ("niacin flush") when taken in large (non-nutritive) quantities.

    So for me personally, whether something is a drug or not depends less on the identity of the substance, and more on the specific interaction with the organism, and what effect is most salient to observers. I don't have a pithy definition handy, though.

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