What constitutes a drug for purposes of the criminal law? What role does social

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What constitutes a drug for purposes of the criminal law? What role does social

What constitutes a drug for purposes of the criminal law? What role does social convention play in deciding what constitutes a controlled substance?

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For legal purposes, a drug is any chemical substance defined by social convention as bioactive or psychoactive. Social convention plays a major part of the definition of drug legality. History shows that this is the case. Marijuana was available in the early twentieth century and was not illegal. Social convention also defines what is socially acceptable, such as alcohol.

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