Medicines and drugs

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Recreational drugs
Drugs that can be legal or illegal and people take them for the effects they have on their bodies.
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Medical drugs
They relieve disease and illness and are expensively tested before being used.
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Why is it so important to test drugs correctly?
It is important to test the drugs correctly because if that is not the case, many people can suffer lots of problems like the Thalidomide drug. This was a sleeping pill but it was also thought to be useful for easing morning in pregnant women.
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What was the result of the Thalidomide Drug?
The result of not testing this drug properly was that many babies were formed without arms and legs.
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What are statins?
Statins are
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They relieve disease and illness and are expensively tested before being used.

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Medical drugs

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It is important to test the drugs correctly because if that is not the case, many people can suffer lots of problems like the Thalidomide drug. This was a sleeping pill but it was also thought to be useful for easing morning in pregnant women.

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The result of not testing this drug properly was that many babies were formed without arms and legs.

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Statins are

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