11-28-2014, 03:30 PM
Well, key to keep in mind that any medication you take alters your state of consciousness and the awareness of your consciousness by "redirecting" the awareness in your body (such as with pain medication), so there is no denying that while using medication you are technically not in a "clear, sober" state because your consciousness is altered by the medicine. However, this is also true for food and pretty much anything else you ingest, it's just that medication targets particular elements of the body for particular changes to the system.