美国有线新闻 CNN 唐纳德政府努力改善药物滥用问题

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the government is committed to reducing the amount of prescription¹ opioids that are in the U.S., reducing the number of addictions² and reducing the number of overdose deaths that drugs can cause. The Trump³ administration says in 2016, an estimated 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, the highest number ever recorded, and that preliminary information suggests that 2017 was even worse. It says overdoses of opioids, which include prescription painkillers⁴, heroin⁵ and synthetic⁶ drugs, made up the vast majority of drug deaths.

美国司法部长Jeff Sessions说，美国政府致力于减少美国的处方药阿片类药物。，减少成瘾的数量，减少药物造成的过量死亡人数。特朗普政府表示，在2016年，估计有6.4万美国人死于药物过量，这是有史以来最高的数字，而且初步信息显示，2017年的情况更糟。报告说，过量的阿片类药物，包括处方止痛药、海洛因和合成药物，构成了绝大多数的药物死亡。

Critics have said that through this January, the Trump administration hadn`t committed enough funding to make a noticeable difference in the opioid epidemic⁷.

批评人士说，今年1月，特朗普政府没有投入足够的资金改善在阿片类药物泛滥问题.

The White House says its $6 billion increase for the fight against opioids which President Donald Trump signed earlier this month was the most the government had ever committed to the cause.

白宫表示，本月早些时候唐纳德·特朗普总统签署的对抗阿片类鸦片类药物的支出增加了60亿美元，这是政府有史以来对这一目标做出的最大努力。

1 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

2 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 painkillers   

n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain. 医生给了他一些止疼片以减缓疼痛。 来自辞典例句
• The primary painkillers - opiates, like OxyContin - are widely feared, misunderstood and underused. 人们对主要的镇痛药——如鸦片剂奥施康定——存在广泛的恐惧、误解，因此没有充分利用。 来自时文部分

5 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

6 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

7 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。