What Is the General Word for a Non-Harmful Drug (Or Alcohol I Suppose) Replacement?

Published July 23, 2010

Question by johnriply: What is the general word for a non-harmful drug (or alcohol i suppose) replacement?
You know when ppl are detoxing and withdrawing from drug abuse that they take something (like thats not even necessarily medicine) so to replace the drug. eg a guy whos detoxing from amphetamines starts eating like pez candy as a replacement

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Answer by Annie
A placebo, maybe?

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