State why alcohol is considered a drug?

Answer 1

Any substance that alters the operation of the body is a drug. That means that sugar, salt, vitamins, minerals, alcohol, oxygen, snake venom, aspirin and hundreds of other substances are drugs

Answer 2

A drug is simply any substance that can modify the functioning of the body.

So any substance that can alter the functioning of the body is a drug. Therefore, because of the pharmacological effects of foods, vitamins, hormones, microbial, metabolites, plants, snake venoms, stings, products of decay, air pollutants, pesticides, minerals, synthetic chemicals, virtually all foreign materials (very few are completely inert), and many materials normally in the body are drugs.

Answer 3

well. a drug is anything that changes the processes in your brain. This is excactly what alcohol does. it slows down your inhibitions ( reaction speed) making it a drug

xD hope that helped

Answer 4

Alcohol (ethanol) is a chemical that suppresses nerve cells, directly affecting the brain, and to a lesser extent the rest of the nervous system. The results, as with many other drugs, is to alter the brain's response in areas including perception, cognition, and reflex action. After consumption of alcoholic beverages, an individual may experience euphoria, lack of inhibition, emotional outbursts, poor judgment, and diminished perception and awareness. Depending on the individual, sufficient alcohol consumption (alcohol poisoning) can cause unconsciousness, permanent nerve damage, or death.

(In removing alcohol from the body, the liver and/or kidneys can suffer cumulative damage.)

Answer 5

Drugs alter the way our body works for a certain amount of time. That's why salt, caffeine, sugar, nicotine, and many other substances are also drugs.

Answer 6

because it depresses you and makes you unhappy. its a depressant.

Answer 7

Alcohol makes you drunk or sick, in this way like a drug with an effect to you