Is writing a tool or a drug?

Question

Rudyard Kipling said that "words are of course the most important drug used by mankind" Do you think this is true? Are words drugs? or are they tools? Why?

Answer 1

words are everything you want them to be. they can be tools, weapons, gifts, even drugs. it's the way you choose and organize them that counts...

Answer 2

Writing and words are tools that can be dangerous in the wrong hands, helpful in the right hands.

Answer 3

I would have to say tools, as they are instruments used by man to reflect thoughts and feeling.