英语新闻听写 海洛因成本大降 美国毒瘾人数狂增（在线收听）

U.S. Heroin 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 prescription opiate painkillers.

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 addiction.

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 Morbidity 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。