The answer is All of the above
The difference between drugs and medicines is pretty basic, but a lot of people often interchange them. The main thing that differentiates them are their legality and society's perception of them. Both are used for the treatment or cure of diseases, but drugs have a more stimulating and addictive effect to the body than medicine. On the other hand, medicines generally don't have such effects.
No it is not they should not be reacting the way they react if anything it should be the opposite way
You don't really see what type of dangerous situation but since you asked a dangerous situation you could do is a stunt motorcycle guy that rides his motorcycle over a pool of sharks. Or a man who wears red in a Bulls arena to get the balls attention but he risk dying if he gets punctured by one of the bulls horns. Or another dangerous situation could be someone entering a monster cave. Or another dangerous situation could be someone meeting up with a Stranger online. There's just so many situations