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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Sorry, I should have asked if there are any drugs that are legal for recreational use and still prescribed for medicinal use.
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Well technically anything that is non-prescription, so low level painkillers, allergy/cold medicines etc. Now you could say that if you are taking them against the label, that is abuse, but really, you could say the same thing for alcohol etc. A lot of drinking is not done responsibly. So in the case of other drugs, technically it's still legal, even if it's unwise or not that much fun. So any non-prescription medicine probably is being used in some manner both medicinally and recreationally and would technically be legal to do so. Though, I know that's not really what your getting at.
As for the big three, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, I can't think of any medicinal uses. Well rubbing alcohol, but that's a sanitary use, not medicinal in the way of being taken into the body.
Of course alcohol was used as a painkiller and anesthetic once upon a time. We just have better ones now.