God says
O you who have attained the faith! Intoxicants,* and games of chance, and idolatrous practices, and the divining of the future are but a loathsome evil of Satan’s doing: shun it, then, so that you might attain a happy state.* -- Q.5:90
* The prohibition of intoxicants laid down here comprises not only alcohol drinks but also drugs and things which intoxicate.
As for intoxicating drugs, referring last lines of 5:3, are permissible when circumstances beyond a person’s control force him to do what is against Islamic Law, because the illness makes their use imperative and unavoidable.
(Adapted from Asad’s note on verse 5:3)
Prophet said
Tariq-b-Suwaid asked the prophet about wine. He prohibited it. Tariq said: I prepare it for medicine. The Prophet replied, “it is not a medicine, but a disease” - H: Muslim. N: Waelil Hazrami.
Obviously, it was not a situation which makes intoxicants permissible. See the note of the verse above.
“Verily, every drink that intoxicates is unlawful.” -- H: Bukhari. N: Bibi Ayesha.
“What intoxicates in greater quantity is also unlawful in small quantity”-- H: Ibn Majah, Tirmizi, Abu Daud. N:Jabir.
Dailamah-al-Humairi reported that he said: O Messenger of God! We live in a cold land where we have to do hard work. We prepare drink from wheat which gives us strength and warmth. The Prophet asked, “Does it intoxicate?” Yes, I said. He said “give it up” I said: verily people can not give it up. He said, “if they do not, fight with them.” -- H: Abu Daud.
Tariq-b-Suwaid asked the prophet about wine. He prohibited it. Tariq said: I prepare it for medicine. The Prophet replied, “it is not a medicine, but a disease” - H: Muslim. N: Waelil Hazrami.
Obviously, it was not a situation which makes intoxicants permissible. See the note of the verse above.
“Verily, every drink that intoxicates is unlawful.” -- H: Bukhari. N: Bibi Ayesha.
“What intoxicates in greater quantity is also unlawful in small quantity”-- H: Ibn Majah, Tirmizi, Abu Daud. N:Jabir.
Dailamah-al-Humairi reported that he said: O Messenger of God! We live in a cold land where we have to do hard work. We prepare drink from wheat which gives us strength and warmth. The Prophet asked, “Does it intoxicate?” Yes, I said. He said “give it up” I said: verily people can not give it up. He said, “if they do not, fight with them.” -- H: Abu Daud.
