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A drug is any natural, semisynthetic, or synthetic substance taken as a narcotic or to help diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease or other abnormal condition; for the relief of pain or suffering; or to control any physiologic or pathologic condition. Medicine is the collective term often used by patients to describe prescribed drugs.
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Fox, M.A. (1999). Drugs and Medicines. In: Glossary for the Worldwide Transportation of Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11890-0_23
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