... 'official' definition in the Oxford dictionary can be seen as a rather 'basic' definition of what a drug is, as it is my opinion that the definition of drug for this context goes beyond the one stated above. For example, the definition above has no mention of any sort of effects which drugs have on people or gives no further explanation of what constitutes an 'illegal' drug. For the purpose of this project, there will be two main distinguished categories of drugs. These will be 1) illegal drugs and 2) legal drugs. While, in my opinion, most crimes which are labelled as being related to drugs or are committed to further a drug addiction are committed as a result of dependency on illegal drugs, it is far too often forgotten that there are many legal drugs which are readily available to the public which may be the cause of crime, and ...

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