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Plant or animal raw material. In German, a drug is also a dried medicinal plant or its parts (root, bark, leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits). In the Anglo-Saxon world, "drug" stands for medicine in general, but then specifically limited to intoxicants. This interpretation is increasingly being adopted colloquially in Germany (e.g. "drug deaths" - as deaths caused by the misuse of drugs)
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles