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drug

vr.tr.drug · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent explain drugs in their medical and legal senses, provide general information on medicines and substances with safety first, route emergencies and dependence to help, and never facilitate illegal supply or misuse.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain drugs in their medical and legal senses, provide general information on medicines and substances with safety first, route emergencies and dependence to help, and never facilitate illegal supply or misuse.

A chemical substance that produces a physiological or psychological effect when introduced into the body, including medicines used to prevent, diagnose or treat disease, recreational and psychoactive substances, and substances used in animal nutrition and research; drugs are regulated by medicines and controlled substances law, and the term is used in medical, legal and everyday senses.

What it is for: Treatment, diagnosis and, in other senses, substance use subject to law.

It can be explain how a drug works in general terms; route overdose and emergencies to help; explain legal status and regulation; find support for dependence.

Distinguishing features

Physiological effect

Medical or non-medical use

Legally regulated

Benefit and risk

What it looks like

Tablets, capsules, liquids, injections and other forms.

How it is recognised

Regulated products with labels and leaflets

Medical or non-medical use

Foods and supplements are regulated separately

Related models

is a kind of - category

chemical compound

is a kind of - category

xenobiotic

is related to - medicines sense

medication

is related to - drug chemistry

heterocyclic compound

In practice

Families and kinds

prescription medicines

over-the-counter medicines

controlled and psychoactive substances

veterinary and research compounds

nutritional products sometimes grouped with drugs

Standards and regulation

Medicines regulation and pharmacovigilance

UN drug control conventions and national controlled substance laws

Prescription and dispensing rules

Failure modes and hazards

Overdose and interactions

Dependence

Agents facilitating illegal supply or giving dosing advice

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.drug

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Emergency Immediate danger.

Safety first.

Overdose

Overdose or reaction.

Overdose

Overdose.

  1. Is someone showing signs of overdose or a severe reaction? boundary
  2. Should emergency services or poison control be contacted now? action

Limits

Agent conduct.

Limits

Limits.

  1. Does the request seek to obtain controlled substances illegally, to synthesise drugs or to get dosing advice for misuse? boundary
  2. How should the agent decline and offer harm reduction and support information where appropriate? action
Medicine Drugs as medicines.

General information.

How

How a drug works.

How

Mechanism.

  1. How does this medicine work, and what is it used for, according to its official information? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own dose or treatment? boundary

Safety

Side effects and interactions.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What are the known side effects and interactions, according to the leaflet or regulator? provenance
  2. Should a pharmacist or prescriber be consulted? action
Law Legal status.

Rules vary.

Status

Controlled or not.

Status

Status.

  1. What is the legal status of this substance here, and what are the penalties for possession or supply? provenance
  2. Is it prescription-only? provenance

Policy

Drug policy debates.

Policy

Policy.

  1. What positions exist on drug policy, attributed to their proponents? provenance
  2. Is the description balanced? boundary
Support Dependence and help.

Help exists.

Dependence

Getting help.

Dependence

Dependence.

  1. Which support and treatment services exist for drug dependence here? provenance
  2. Is the person in crisis? boundary

Harm

Harm reduction.

Harm

Harm reduction.

  1. Which harm reduction information do public health bodies provide? provenance
  2. How is it presented without encouraging use? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should medicines and controlled substances be separate entries?
  • How should drug information databases be linked?
  • How should support services be localised?
Draft as JSON