Ancient civilizations recognized that certain plants and plant extracts healed wounds and brought pain relief. Now the government spends millions of dollars trying to eradicate some of those same herbs. Humans have always pursued the quest to discover, create, and research medicines to better man's existence. Some of the remedies ended up doing more damage than healing. It also created the foundation for the science of pharmacology as it exists today.
Pharmacologists reveal the secrets of drug actions.
They discover new therapies and create new medicinal products. A pharmacist works in the pharmacy in your local drugstore. He or she is responsible for preparing and dispensing medicine. Nobody seems sure why it takes forever to put a few pills in a prescription bottle. She is also president of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Association there.