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Drug

A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, absorption via a patch on the skin, suppository, or dissolution under the tongue.

Applications, Spiritual and religious use & Classification

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Overview

Classification

Etymology

Efficacy

Medication

Spiritual and religious use

Smart drugs and designer drugs

Recreational drug use

Administration of drugs

Control of drugs

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Drug

Nodes202
Edges201
Triples112
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009901
Components1

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Drug

Top relations

related to Classification · 16
Drug → Abuse, All, Another, ATC, Biopharmaceutics Classification System, Classification System, Excessive, Many, Narcotic Drugs, Pharmaceutical, Psychoactive, Single Convention, The, The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical, These, This
related to Smart drugs and designer drugs · 13
Drug → ADHD, An, At, Evidence, In Japan, Intravenous, LSD, Nootropics, Other, Ritalin, Serious, Since, United Kingdom
related to Efficacy · 11
Drug → BRAF, EGFR, Erbitux, For, III, Often, Some, The, This, US, Vemurafenib
related to Control of drugs · 10
Drug → Convention, In, Narcotic Drugs, Numerous, Psychotropic Substances, Salvia, The, The Single Convention, United States, Where
related to Administration of drugs · 9
Drug → All, Inhaled, Injection, Insufflation, Orally, Rectally, Sublingually, Topically, Vaginally
related to Etymology · 9
Drug → Al-Andalus, Federico Corriente Córdoba, Iberian, In, In English, Middle Dutch, Old French, Spanish, The
related to External links · 8
Drug → BBC Radio, DrugBank, Drugs, In Our Time, May, Mike Jay, Richard Davenport-Hines, Sadie Plant
related to Medication · 7
Drug → Dispensing, In, Medications, The, These, Those, United Kingdom
related to Spiritual and religious use · 7
Drug → Amazonian, Its, Mazatec, Pacific Ocean, Salvia, Some, The
see also · 6
Drug → Club, Crime, Drugs, Substances ActDrug, United Nations Office, United States

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Important terminology

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the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs exist for the purpose of their prohibitioninstance ofinternational treaties0.80text
designer steroids taken to improve physical capabilitiesinstance ofOther examples include analogs of performance-enhancing drugs0.80text
khat is common.There are a number of legal intoxicants commonly called legal highs that are used recreationallyinstance ofand in some areas of the world the legal use of drugs0.80text
Drugused foranesthesia0.80text
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsAll0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsInhaled0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsInjection0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsInsufflation0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsOrally0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsRectally0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsSublingually0.60section
Drugrelated to Administration of drugsTopically0.60section

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