Drugs and Alcohol?

Published March 4, 2014

Question by future_star02: drugs and alcohol?
I was just surfing the net for my project on ADOLESCENTS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE and came across in various pages about headings like–“drug and alcohol abuse”.why is it that the term alcohol has been individually written rather than being considered as a type of drug only??is there a major difference between the two?

Best answer:

Answer by Cloverfield Monster
No. Alcohol is a drug, it is just more acceptable to use than crack or heroine. Caffeine is a drug too.

Answer by Queen of Wands
No not to me, alcohol is a drug…but it is a drug that is approved by the government…

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