时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:VOA双语新闻 2011年4月


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  Government health officials say the abuse of prescribed medications causes more accidental deaths in the United States than anything else except automobile 1 crashes, which kill more than 30,000 Americans every year. Representatives of five federal agencies on Tuesday presented the Obama administration's new plan for reducing prescription 2 drug abuse and saving lives.

美国政府卫生官员说,滥用处方药每年造成3万多人死亡,是美国除交通事故之外的最大意外死亡原因。4月19日,美国五个联邦机构的代表公布了奥巴马政府拟定的管制处方药品滥用、以挽救生命的新计划。

At the age of 15, Hanna Leos became a drug addict 3 after a high school classmate began sharing with her some powerful prescription anti-anxiety pills.

汉娜·雷奥斯15岁那年,因为服用高中同学给她的强力抗抑郁药,结果上了瘾。

"Benzodiazapines, Valium, Xanax, Clonapin, Lorazapam," Leos called out.

These drugs can be found in the medicine cabinets of many American homes. So can opioid pain killers 4. Teenagers in growing numbers have been using their parents' prescription drugs to get high.

很多美国人家庭的药柜里都有这类药,还包括鸦片类的止痛药。越来越多的青少年为了获得那种飘飘然的感觉而服用父母的处方药。

"They're prescribed and they get them filled and they just sit there,” she noted 5. “They sit there for a long time so the kids can take them all."

汉娜说:“这些都是处方药,父母取药后,就放在那儿。由于存放时间很长, 孩子们可以把这些药都拿走。”

Pharmacists like David Vandriesche are aware of the problem.

药剂师戴维·范德里什了解这个问题。

"You hear about people, they had their grandson, granddaughter come visit, then they're running short [of their medication] and refilling it early and they're not sure what happened," he stated.

他说:“有些人家里有孙子孙女的。他们来取药,时间还没到就来取,他们也不知道是什么原故。”

At a joint 6 press conference Tuesday, federal health officials and representatives from drug enforcement agencies announced the Obama administration's new National Prescription Drug Abuse Plan, the first comprehensive federal plan for controlling the intentional 7 misuse 8 of doctor-authorized medications.

在4月19日的联合记者会上,联邦政府卫生官员和药物管理当局的代表共同宣布了奥巴马政府的这个防止处方药物滥用计划。这是联邦政府第一个控制处方药故意误用的全面计划。

It includes retraining one million doctors on proper prescription practices, creating databases to track prescription painkillers 9 and other controlled drugs, educating the public about the danger of prescription drug abuse and stepping up law enforcement.

这个计划包括对100万名医生进行合理开具处方的再培训,建立追踪处方止痛药以及其它管制药品的资料库,让公众了解滥用处方药的危险性,以及加大执法力度。

Gil Kerlikowske is President Obama's national drug policy director.

奥巴马总统的国家药品政策办公室主任吉尔·克里考斯克说:

"The prescription drug problem cuts across all of the age groups. No one should put a face [on it] that this is a young person's problem, a wealthy person's problem. This cuts across all the demographics," Kerlikowske said.

“处方药问题存在于各个年龄层,没有任何人能说这只是青少年的问题,或者是有钱人的问题。这是所有人群的问题。”

Hanna Leos went to jail after she was caught writing her own prescriptions 10. But she is still alive and recovering from her addiction 11.

药物成瘾的汉娜·雷奥斯后来因为伪造处方而入狱。但是她至少还活着,现在正在戒除药瘾。

Rich Perry died of a prescription drug overdose at the age of 21. His addiction started in high school. Perry's parents, Karen and Rich Perry, support the administration's plan for prescription drugs.

而里奇·培里就没这么幸运了。他也是高中时服药成瘾,结果21岁那年死于服药过量。里奇的父母支持政府的处方药管制法令。

"We weren't aware of it because Rich behaved like any normal kid. He was getting good grades. He was on the golf team. He was just like any other kid," Perry explained.

里奇的父亲说:“我们没有意识到这个问题,因为里奇表现得和正常孩子一样。他的学习成绩好,还是高尔夫球队的球员。他就和其他孩子一样。”

Their son's addiction didn't stop at prescription drugs. He became a heroin 12 user. Heroin is cheaper than prescription pain killers like Oxycontin. The Perrys put him in a treatment program. But addiction is a disease in which relapse is almost normal.

里奇不仅仅是服用处方药,后来还用上了海洛因。因为海洛因比一些处方止痛药便宜。里奇的父母让他接受治疗。可是毒瘾是一种病,再犯几乎是常见的现象。

"But each time....they go into the treatment, they get a clearer understanding of what the signs are and how to prevent it, Of course, there's always that risk that they don't make it to the next time in treatment. My son did not," Karen Perry said.

里奇的母亲说:“他们每经过一次治疗,就更明白毒瘾的迹象是什么以及如何防范。当然会有等不到下一次治疗的风险。我的儿子就是这样。”

The Perrys started a task force to prevent other families from losing a loved one from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

里奇·培里的父母发起了一个行动,帮助其他家庭避免因为滥用处方药而失去亲人。



1 automobile
n.汽车,机动车
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
2 prescription
n.处方,开药;指示,规定
  • 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 addict
v.使沉溺;使上瘾;n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人
  • 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。
4 killers
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
5 noted
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
6 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
7 intentional
adj.故意的,有意(识)的
  • Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
  • His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。
8 misuse
n.误用,滥用;vt.误用,滥用
  • It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能,使我深感不安。
  • He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。
9 painkillers
n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 )
  • 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
10 prescriptions
药( prescription的名词复数 ); 处方; 开处方; 计划
  • The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
  • Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。
11 addiction
n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
  • 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。
12 heroin
n.海洛因
  • 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。
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