define drugs/toxins
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Drug
Any substance that brings about a change in biological function through chemical actions [blank] can be synthesized within the body (endogenous compounds) or outside the body (exogenous compounds)
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Poison/Toxin
A compound that has almost exclusively harmful affects
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Organic or inorganic, Produced by a biological organism, semi-synthetic or purely synthetic.
Both drugs and toxins may be:
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Parent drug
The drug taken by the individual this could be active or not ie. Cocaine
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Metabolite
What the drug breaks down to in the body ie. Benzoylegonine
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Metabolite
Drug + Body functions =
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