What is the difference between medicine and drug?

Answer 1

A drug is any kind of substance that alter body functions upon intake. A medicine, on the other hand. is a classification of drug that only alters body function to the consumer's health benefit

Answer 2

From chemistry point of view, there is no distinction between the terms drugs and medicines, i.e., all drugs are medicines and all medicines are drugs. However, our society and law make a clear-cut distinction between these two terms as follow:

A medicine is a chemical substance which cures or treats the disease, is safe to use, has negligible toxicity and does not addiction. In contrast, a drug is a chemical substance which also cures or treats the disease but is habit forming, causes addiction and has serious side effects

Answer 3

er, prescription medications generally speaking ARE drugs. so is alcohol. if you get wasted every so often with your friends, then you do drugs. high schools do not teach people the reality about drug use, and instead often imply things that leave people misinformed.