ABSTRACT
Webster’s defi nes pharmacology as “the science of drugs” and “the study of the properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value.”
Psychopharmacology-a branch of pharmacology-is then the science of drugs that act on the psyche or mind. Whether the use of particular drugs is permitted or prohibited by religion or law, or is considered socially proper or improper, are matters that fall outside the scope of psychopharmacology as a science. Such matters belong in the domains of religion, ethics, law, criminology, and politics.
