2007年VOA标准英语-Africa Increasingly Being Used in Cocaine Traff
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By Cathy Majtenyi
Nairobi
01 March 2007
Africa is increasingly being used as a conduit to traffic cocaine 1, with increasing numbers of couriers apprehended 2 and more bulk cocaine seized, according to the International Narcotics 4 Control Board. The Vienna-based group released its 2006 report in Nairobi, where Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA.
The report says the most commonly abused drug in Africa is cannabis. Its cultivation 5 and production are on the rise despite a marked decline in production in Morocco, the world's largest producer of cannabis resin 6.
In eastern Africa, heroin 7 abuse is starting to become a problem, and people all over the continent are misusing 8 and abusing pharmaceutical 9 preparations containing controlled substances.
But, says board member Carsten Hyttel, regional representative with the U.N. Office for Drugs and Crimes, one of the most worrying drug problems in Africa is cocaine smuggling 10.
A Kenyan soldier guard the largest seizure 11 of cocaine in Kenya in this 13 Oct 2005 file picture in Nairobi
"Africa continues to be exploited by cocaine trafficking organizations for smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe, while western Africa is at the forefront of the cocaine trafficking routes," he said. "When it comes to Africa, I need not remind you that eastern Africa and Kenya are also on the map of the cocaine traffickers."
These and other trends are detailed 12 in the International Narcotics Control Board's 2006 report. It calls for governments to enact 13 legislation to control the manufacturing and sale of medicine and to ensure that narcotic 3 drugs are not illegally manufactured or diverted from legal medicine.
The World Health Organization estimates that up to 50 percent of medicine taken in developing countries are counterfeit 14 and can have often-fatal results.
For instance, 2,500 people died in Africa in 1995 as a result of counterfeit vaccines 15.
The report examines trends in drug production, trafficking, and abuse in the world's major regions.
A makeshift drug lab in village of Cumaribo near Tuparro National Park, southeast of Bogota, Colombia, 30 Nov 2006
Central America and the Caribbean is another major cocaine conduit, with 90 percent of the cocaine entering North America each year passing through that region.
Board member Hyttel describes good news from North America.
"Illicit 16 drug use in the U.S. is reported to be declining for the fourth consecutive 17 year," he said. "In fact, the annual prevalence rate for drug abuse is currently 10 to 30 percent lower than 10 years ago."
In South America, there is an overall decrease in the total area under coca bush cultivation.
Iran is reported to have the highest rate of opium 18 abuse in the world. And, says the report, corruption 19 continues to seriously hinder efforts to control illicit opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.
- 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。
- She apprehended the complicated law very quickly. 她很快理解了复杂的法律。
- The police apprehended the criminal. 警察逮捕了罪犯。
- Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
- No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for herself.医务人员不得为自己开处方使用麻醉药品。
- The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
- The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.这块土地不够肥沃，不值得耕种。
- This allyl type resin is a highly transparent, colourless material.这种烯丙基型的树脂是一种高度透明的、无色材料。
- This is referred to as a thixotropic property of the resin.这种特性叫做树脂的触变性。
- 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。
- This means we must stop misusing them. 也就是说，我们已必须停止滥用抗菌素不可了。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器
- Misusing organic fertilizer may cause a decrease in the soil's quality. 滥用有机肥料可能会导致土地的土质下降。 来自互联网
- She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
- We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
- The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
- The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
- For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
- It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
- The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。
- His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
- The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
- He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
- Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
- It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
- The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
- That man gave her a dose of opium.那男人给了她一剂鸦片。
- Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。