英语新闻听写 海洛因成本大降 美国毒瘾人数狂增

U.S. Heroin¹ Use Jumps as Costs Drop

海洛因成本大降 美国毒瘾人数狂增

U.S. health officials said on Tuesday that heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013,

周二美国卫生部官员表示，2002年至2013年美国海洛因过量的死亡人数翻了将近两番。

fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription² opiate painkillers³.

因为处方止痛药阿片类药物（opiate）成本下降。

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told Reuters that such medicines,

美国疾病控制预防中心（U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention）主任托马斯·弗里登博士（Dr. Thomas Frieden）对路透社表示，

which include Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet, increase individuals' susceptibility to heroin addiction⁴.

这类药品包括维柯丁（Vicodin）、奥施康定（OxyContin）和波拷赛特（Percocet），提高了个人易感性海洛因成瘾。

The "Vital Signs" report, published July 7 in the Morbidity⁵ and Mortality Weekly Report,

这则“生命征象”的报告发布在7月7日的《疾病与健康周报》上。

found that nearly all people who use heroin also use multiple other substances, and that the strongest risk factor for heroin abuse is prescription opiate abuse.

报告发现，几乎所有使用海洛因的人还滥用其他药品，海洛因滥用的最大风险因素是处方阿片类药物的滥用。

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 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 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

4 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

5 morbidity   

n.病态；不健全；发病；发病率

参考例句：

• MC's also significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality induced by honeybee venom. 肥大细胞同样也能显著降低蜜蜂毒液诱发疾病的发病率和死亡率。 来自互联网
• The result shows that incidence of myopia morbidity is 44.84%. 结果表明：近视眼的发病率为44.84%。 来自互联网