This is so dumb, and both of you are very obviously 'Murica brained where you just can’t think of any difference there is oitside the US.
Both Alcohol and Nicotine are drugs, and so are medications, they’re just legal drugs. It’s not “not a drug” and “drug (meaning illegal”, it’s “legal drug” and “illegal drug”.
Another thing to note is that fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine are all legal for medical purposes, but are considered “drugs” in the illicit sense.
This is so dumb, and both of you are very obviously 'Murica brained where you just can’t think of any difference there is oitside the US. Both Alcohol and Nicotine are drugs, and so are medications, they’re just legal drugs. It’s not “not a drug” and “drug (meaning illegal”, it’s “legal drug” and “illegal drug”.
Another thing to note is that fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine are all legal for medical purposes, but are considered “drugs” in the illicit sense.