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12 OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS

These examples all involve drug use, too, but the drugs of choice come from grocery stores, pharmacies, and the Internet. Some are genuine medications that are being used in ways not listed on the bottle. Some were never intended to be used as drugs at all. But they are all legal to purchase, and for this reason, they are grouped together as “over-the- counter” (OTC) drugs.

In real life, the misuse of drugs doesn’t always look the way it does in the movies.