Comment on Interrogation or proposition?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Love the implication that alcohol and tobacco are somehow separate from “drugs”.
Comment on Interrogation or proposition?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Love the implication that alcohol and tobacco are somehow separate from “drugs”.
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Socially acceptable drugs that are very common (tobacco and alcohol) Vs illicit drugs is usually the distinction being made, at least in the UK.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
“Drugs” means medication, no?
Rugnjr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Not in the uk. Was shocked to see depictions of “drug stores” in American media as a child.
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Technical definition Drug- a substance which has an effect on the body. Ie literally everything you ingest.
Common parlance - a thing you take which has a medical or recreational effect. Ie paracetamol or weed.
Smoking (a drug) and alcohol (a drug) are common enough that they don’t count as drugs to most people so medics will usually ask smoking alcohol and drugs as 3 separate questions to cover all bases.