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The number of drug related deaths each year is difficult to know.
每年与毒品有关的死亡人数很难知道。
But one thing is for sure.
但有一件事是肯定的。
The number is too high.
这个数字太高了。
The United Nations has an organisation to fight drug abuse.
联合国有一个打击药物滥用的组织。
It is the UNODC.
那就是联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室。
The UNODC estimates that 200,000,000 people around the world use illegal drugs.
联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室估计，全球有2亿人使用非法药物。
It also estimates that around 16,000,000 people use one form of the opium plant - such as heroin or morphine.
该组织还估计，大约有1600万人吸食一种鸦片——如海洛因或吗啡。
And, around 13,000,000 people use the ‘party’ drug cocaine.
此外，约有1300万人吸食“派对”毒品可卡因。
Recently the UNODC has become concerned about another ‘party drug’ - crystal methamphetamine, or crystal meth.
最近，联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室开始关注另一种“派对毒品”——冰毒。
Methamphetamine is a powerful man-made drug.
冰毒是一种强效的人造毒品。
Doctors sometimes use amphetamine drugs to help people with narcolepsy.
医生有时会使用安非他明类药物来帮助嗜睡症患者。
Narcolepsy is a sleeping disorder - it causes a person to sleep too much!
嗜睡症是一种睡眠障碍，它会导致人睡得太多！
Amphetamines help to energise the brain, and so keep people awake.
安非他明帮助激发大脑活力，从而使人保持清醒。
The problem is that some people take amphetamines for fun.
问题是，有些人服用安非他明只是为了好玩。
This is very dangerous - and illegal.
这是非常危险的，也是非法的。
Drug suppliers mix amphetamines with other substances.
毒品供应者将安非他明与其他物质混合在一起。
They form different kinds of dangerous drugs.
它们形成了不同种类的危险药物。
One of these is crystal meth.
其中之一是冰毒。
Crystal meth looks like clear pieces of rock.
冰毒看起来像透明的石头。
Drug users often heat and smoke these small rocks.
吸毒者经常加热这些小石头然后吸食。
On the streets, crystal meth has different names - ‘ice, glass, crystal, and jibb’.
在街上，冰毒有不同的名字——冰、玻璃、水晶和悬臂。
Crystal meth gives users energy and feelings of well-being.
冰毒给吸食者带来能量和幸福感。
However, it also damages the brain, lungs and liver.
然而，它也会损害大脑、肺和肝脏。
And it affects a person’s behaviour - making him violent and depressed.
它还会影响人的行为，让他变得暴力和抑郁。
Too much crystal meth can burst blood tubes in the brain - causing death.
过量吸食冰毒会使脑内血管破裂，进而死亡。
Yet many people continue to use it.
然而，许多人仍在继续使用它。
