福克斯新闻 鸦片类处方药物成瘾者上升

New research from the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism says about two million Americans qualified¹ to be called prescription² opioid addicts³ in 2013.

据美国国家酒精滥用与酗酒问题研究所研究表示，2013年约200万民众为鸦片类处方药物成瘾者。

And the Institute is reporting that back in the year 2000, about two-percent of adult Americans admitted to using opoid painkillers⁴ when they didn’t have a doctor’s prescription. That number jumped to four percent 13 years later.

据研究所2000年报告显示，约2%成年人承认在无处方条件下服用鸦片类止疼药。13年后，该数字已上升到4%。

Men are more likely to abuse painkillers than women and that abuse happens most often in the Midwest and Western parts of the U.S.

滥用止疼药男性多于女性，且多数发生在美国中西部和西部地区。

In Washington, Jill Nado, FOX News.

这是吉尔·纳多为您从华盛顿发回的报道，福克斯新闻。

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 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。

3 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

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