Drugs

Drugs

Definition: There are various definitions of the word “drugs.” In the sense being discussed here, drugs are nonfood, mood-altering substances that are not deemed medically necessary but that are used in an effort to escape from the problems of life, to get a dreamy feeling, or a sense of well-being or of elation.

drug

1  [druhg] Show IPA noun, verb, drugged, drug⋅ging.

–noun

1.	Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.

2.

(in federal law) a. any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation. b. any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals. c. any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals. d. any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device.

3.	a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, esp. a narcotic.

4.	drugs, a. chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter. b. personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.

5.	Obsolete. any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like. Origin: Avestan drauga Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009. Cite This Source | Link To Drugs