What’s the difference between a “legal” and an “illegal” drug?

Question by Frankenstein: What’s the difference between a “legal” and an “illegal” drug?
Are there any substances in them that make them different or what?

Best answer:

Answer by SayWhat?
Legal drugs don’t contain as harmful chemicals although that could be contradicted since cigarettes have horrible horrible substances in them.

Truthfully, there really are no differences. Everyone can get their hands on either. Marijuana is illegal, yet people can get themselves marijuana by the next day if you ask for them.

Answer by SUSAN M
Legal would be prescription or over the counter meds that are regulated by the FDA. Illegal would be things like cocaine, pot, crack, lsd, heroin etc.

Keep in mind that taking prescriptions that are not yours is illegal.

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