11.   Drugs do strange things to people, and Richie is a very strong guy.

12.   However, nobody really knew how the drug does its job.

13.   In a study of a new hyperthyroid medication, Synthroid, sponsored by a drug company, Dong had found that generic drugs did just as well.

14.   Indeed, knowing how individuals react to specific medicines and what these drugs might do to prevent future illnesses will change the practice of medicine.

15.   Indeed, all the quality-of-life drugs do.

16.   It was approved even though other drugs do the same thing.

17.   Nicotine, he found, alters bodily functions just as other drugs do, and cigarettes are intentionally designed to deliver the drug.

18.   Nor did the drugs.

19.   Only a few drugs do, and in extraordinary circumstances.

20.   Opponents say it does nothing that legal drugs cannot do and its use as medicine could lead toward more liberal marijuana laws.