乌干达吸毒人员增加

AS IT IS 2015-10-21 Heroin¹, Cocaine² Use Increase in Uganda 乌干达吸毒人员增加

Ugandan police are dealing³ with an increase in illegal drugs.

Neighboring Kenya and Tanzania have increased their efforts to end the transport of illegal drugs. So smugglers are now said to be transporting large amounts of the drugs through Uganda.

Officials say the criminals are using Entebbe airport -- near the capital Kampala -- to transport heroin and cocaine to Europe.

Some of the drugs are also being sold in Kampala. Health workers say this is leading to a sharp increase in the number of Ugandans who are addicted⁶ to illegal drugs.

Some young people use heroin as soon as they wake up. Kelvin Kayimba is 25 years old. He says he has been using heroin since he was 18.

“You feel so good, you just, nothing is disturbing you. No worries. Not think about anything, just thinking about the high -- that’s all.”

Ugandan health officials say they have seen an increase in the use of illegal drugs since 2011. A small amount of heroin can cost as little $8.

Syrus Malcolm works for the Uganda Harm Reduction Network. He was once a drug addict⁵. He says addicts⁷ are at risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. People can die from AIDS if they are not treated with medicine.

“A needle-exchange program is not allowed in the country. And most of the drug users don’t know that when they’re injecting drugs, they’re exposing their lives to the risk of HIV transmission.”

His group is asking the government to let it give clean needles to addicts. It also wants the government to create treatment programs to help addicts stop their use of illegal drugs.

Last year, activists⁸ launched a new education campaign to warn young people about the dangers of illegal drugs. Esther Vihamba works for the campaign.

“The middle class have more money and all that, so they want the next high. Now they want to surpass alcohol and get into the cocaine, the heroin -- and it goes as far as you can imagine.”

Kelvin Kayimba says it is not easy to stop using drugs once you are addicted.

“I’ve seen people who have stopped. But stopping will, will, involve changing new friends -- lots of stuff.”

Words in This Story

smuggle⁴ – v. to move (someone or something) from one country into another illegally and secretly

addicted – adj. unable to stop using a harmful substance (such as a drug)

disturbed – adj. worried and unhappy

high – n. informal a state of intoxication⁹ produced by a drug

inject – v. to place a liquid medicine or drug into someone or something by using a needle

surpass – v. to be better or greater than (someone or something)

stuff – n. informal actions or behaviors

1 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。

2 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

5 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

6 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

7 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

8 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 intoxication   

n.wild excitement;drunkenness；poisoning

参考例句：

• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。
• Predator: Intoxication-Damage over time effect will now stack with other allies. Predator:Intoxication,持续性伤害的效果将会与队友相加。