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Kenny1999 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

What's different between "drug" and "medicine"

I only know that sometimes medicine can be considered as drug but not vice versa. Medicine sounds like something beneficial to health while drug can be something harmful or toxic to our health like prohibited drug right?

  

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A medicine is a drug that has been approved for use in the alleviation of symptoms or conditions. For example, Cannabis is an illegal drug in the UK but is an approved medicine in Canada.

  • A medicine is a drug that has been approved for use in the alleviation of symptoms or conditions.
  • For example, Cannabis is an illegal drug in the UK but is an approved medicine in Canada.
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A medicine is a drug that has been approved for use in the alleviation of symptoms or conditions. For example, Cannabis is an illegal drug in the UK but is an approved medicine in Canada.

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