What is different between illegal drug and illicit drug?

Answer 1

Medical drugs are prescribed for a particular medical need- such as infection control, pain relief, etc. Recreational drugs are taken for fun. Medical drugs are sometimes used as recreational drugs.

Answer 2

The two are not mutually exclusive. Illicit basically means illegal, or forbidden by law, rule, or custom.

Some drugs which are illicit, are considered recreational by many or most people. For example, marijuana, which is illegal to possess almost anywhere in the US, is a recreational drug.

Recreational drugs are those which are taken for, not surprisingly, recreational purposes. In other words, any drug which produces a noticeable and typically pleasurable result in the user is potentially a recreational drug. Examples include caffeine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, prescription meds like Vicodin and Xanax, and even more hardcore drugs like methamphetamine and heroine.

Answer 3

Drug abuse is use of drugs for other than their intended purpose, or use of illicit drugs.

Recreational use of drugs is drug abuse. However, "recreational" has come to imply occasional mild use. "Drug abuse" implies heavy use, but not to the point of addiction.

Answer 4

There are some drugs that any adult is free to buy at will, which includes such drugs as aspirin, alcohol, tobacco, or Pepto-Bismol (etc.). These would be described as legal, or licit drugs. There are other drugs that can only be legally obtained by prescription, which if you obtain them without a prescription become illegal or illicit drugs; this would include such things as oxycontin, etc. There are other drugs which are never prescribed and which would always be illegal; this includes methamphetamines, crack cocaine, etc. Those are illicit drugs. Lots of people think it's fun to use illicit drugs, and it often is, but you will pay a very high price for your fun, so be warned.

Answer 5

They are the same thing. Illegal and illicit mean the same thing.

Answer 6

illicit=illegal. licit means legal