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I am looking for a word that can be used to describe beverages, coffee and tobacco products collectively. The closest I can think of is "drug," but that is too broad. Namely, it includes other substances that are not nearly as widely socially and legally accepted, as well as some forms of medicine.
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I am looking for a word that can be used to describe beverages, coffee and tobacco products collectively. The closest I can think of is "drug," but that is too broad. Namely, it includes other substances that are not nearly as widely socially and legally accepted, as well as some forms of medicine.
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Are you asking about alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general, certain types of those things (hard liquor, cigarettes), or specifically the chemical components: ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine?
– miltonaut
2 hours ago
Related: What is a word that encompasses drugs, supplements, and foods?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
I am almost certain that a similar question was asked in the past but I could not find it in the archives, perhaps it was deleted. Why does it have to be a single word? Could you please edit your question and explain? I'd be tempted to suggest vices but that would also include gambling, eating sweets, junkfood, etc. Beverage would exclude tabacco. Toxins is too broad and misleading...
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@miltonaut Beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general. I edited my question as you suggested.
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I am looking for a word that can be used to describe beverages, coffee and tobacco products collectively. The closest I can think of is "drug," but that is too broad. Namely, it includes other substances that are not nearly as widely socially and legally accepted, as well as some forms of medicine.
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I am looking for a word that can be used to describe beverages, coffee and tobacco products collectively. The closest I can think of is "drug," but that is too broad. Namely, it includes other substances that are not nearly as widely socially and legally accepted, as well as some forms of medicine.
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Are you asking about alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general, certain types of those things (hard liquor, cigarettes), or specifically the chemical components: ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine?
– miltonaut
2 hours ago
Related: What is a word that encompasses drugs, supplements, and foods?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
I am almost certain that a similar question was asked in the past but I could not find it in the archives, perhaps it was deleted. Why does it have to be a single word? Could you please edit your question and explain? I'd be tempted to suggest vices but that would also include gambling, eating sweets, junkfood, etc. Beverage would exclude tabacco. Toxins is too broad and misleading...
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@miltonaut Beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general. I edited my question as you suggested.
– copcurry
53 mins ago
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Are you asking about alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general, certain types of those things (hard liquor, cigarettes), or specifically the chemical components: ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine?
– miltonaut
2 hours ago
Related: What is a word that encompasses drugs, supplements, and foods?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
I am almost certain that a similar question was asked in the past but I could not find it in the archives, perhaps it was deleted. Why does it have to be a single word? Could you please edit your question and explain? I'd be tempted to suggest vices but that would also include gambling, eating sweets, junkfood, etc. Beverage would exclude tabacco. Toxins is too broad and misleading...
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@miltonaut Beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general. I edited my question as you suggested.
– copcurry
53 mins ago
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Are you asking about alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general, certain types of those things (hard liquor, cigarettes), or specifically the chemical components: ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine?
– miltonaut
2 hours ago
Are you asking about alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general, certain types of those things (hard liquor, cigarettes), or specifically the chemical components: ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine?
– miltonaut
2 hours ago
Related: What is a word that encompasses drugs, supplements, and foods?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
Related: What is a word that encompasses drugs, supplements, and foods?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
I am almost certain that a similar question was asked in the past but I could not find it in the archives, perhaps it was deleted. Why does it have to be a single word? Could you please edit your question and explain? I'd be tempted to suggest vices but that would also include gambling, eating sweets, junkfood, etc. Beverage would exclude tabacco. Toxins is too broad and misleading...
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
I am almost certain that a similar question was asked in the past but I could not find it in the archives, perhaps it was deleted. Why does it have to be a single word? Could you please edit your question and explain? I'd be tempted to suggest vices but that would also include gambling, eating sweets, junkfood, etc. Beverage would exclude tabacco. Toxins is too broad and misleading...
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@miltonaut Beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general. I edited my question as you suggested.
– copcurry
53 mins ago
@miltonaut Beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general. I edited my question as you suggested.
– copcurry
53 mins ago
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I think I may have it, it's a bit of a cheat but it would comprehend substances such as caffeine, nicotine and ethanol. It is normally written as two words, legal stimulants, by adding a hyphen you can make it into a compound word.
legal-stimulants
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
Wikipedia
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I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
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If you are concentrating on the effects on the nervous system, psychoactive substances are substances which act on the nervous system in a stimulating or depressing way - a quick search picks up the legal definition in the UK:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/section/2/enacted
These include drugs as well as what you describe - "socially accepted" psychoactive substances are typically those somewhat exempt from legal restrictions.
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I think I may have it, it's a bit of a cheat but it would comprehend substances such as caffeine, nicotine and ethanol. It is normally written as two words, legal stimulants, by adding a hyphen you can make it into a compound word.
legal-stimulants
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
Wikipedia
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
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I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
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I think I may have it, it's a bit of a cheat but it would comprehend substances such as caffeine, nicotine and ethanol. It is normally written as two words, legal stimulants, by adding a hyphen you can make it into a compound word.
legal-stimulants
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
Wikipedia
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
60.9k54213443
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I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
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up vote
5
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I think I may have it, it's a bit of a cheat but it would comprehend substances such as caffeine, nicotine and ethanol. It is normally written as two words, legal stimulants, by adding a hyphen you can make it into a compound word.
legal-stimulants
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
Wikipedia
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
60.9k54213443
I think I may have it, it's a bit of a cheat but it would comprehend substances such as caffeine, nicotine and ethanol. It is normally written as two words, legal stimulants, by adding a hyphen you can make it into a compound word.
legal-stimulants
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
Wikipedia
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
60.9k54213443
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
60.9k54213443
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
60.9k54213443
answered 1 hour ago
Mari-Lou A
60.9k54213443
60.9k54213443
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I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
1
I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
1
1
I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
I think alcohol is the opposite, a depressant.
– James McLeod
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@JamesMcLeod sigh...damn, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of "pleasurable and invigorating" What about a single drink?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
+1 Not as snappy but maybe legal intoxicants would help with your alcohol problem! That hyphenated form seems a bit odd to me. It does occur, does it?
– tmgr
26 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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If you are concentrating on the effects on the nervous system, psychoactive substances are substances which act on the nervous system in a stimulating or depressing way - a quick search picks up the legal definition in the UK:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/section/2/enacted
These include drugs as well as what you describe - "socially accepted" psychoactive substances are typically those somewhat exempt from legal restrictions.
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If you are concentrating on the effects on the nervous system, psychoactive substances are substances which act on the nervous system in a stimulating or depressing way - a quick search picks up the legal definition in the UK:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/section/2/enacted
These include drugs as well as what you describe - "socially accepted" psychoactive substances are typically those somewhat exempt from legal restrictions.
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If you are concentrating on the effects on the nervous system, psychoactive substances are substances which act on the nervous system in a stimulating or depressing way - a quick search picks up the legal definition in the UK:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/section/2/enacted
These include drugs as well as what you describe - "socially accepted" psychoactive substances are typically those somewhat exempt from legal restrictions.
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If you are concentrating on the effects on the nervous system, psychoactive substances are substances which act on the nervous system in a stimulating or depressing way - a quick search picks up the legal definition in the UK:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/section/2/enacted
These include drugs as well as what you describe - "socially accepted" psychoactive substances are typically those somewhat exempt from legal restrictions.
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Are you asking about alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general, certain types of those things (hard liquor, cigarettes), or specifically the chemical components: ethanol, caffeine, and nicotine?
– miltonaut
2 hours ago
Related: What is a word that encompasses drugs, supplements, and foods?
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
I am almost certain that a similar question was asked in the past but I could not find it in the archives, perhaps it was deleted. Why does it have to be a single word? Could you please edit your question and explain? I'd be tempted to suggest vices but that would also include gambling, eating sweets, junkfood, etc. Beverage would exclude tabacco. Toxins is too broad and misleading...
– Mari-Lou A
1 hour ago
@miltonaut Beverages, coffee, and tobacco products in general. I edited my question as you suggested.
– copcurry
53 mins ago