Download UNIT 6 – DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

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UNIT 6 – DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
Ability – a skill, sth a person can do
Abolish - to end an activity or custom officially
Addictive - An addictive drug is one which you cannot stop taking once you
have started
Co-ordination – a person’s control of how s/he moves
Corrupt (v) - to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral
Counseling - the job or process of listening to someone and giving them
advice about their problems
Derive from sth - to come from something
Differentiate - show or find the difference between things which are
compared
Dilate – to get bigger, or more open (dilation)
Dope - informal cannabis, or, more generally, any type of illegal drug
Euphoric high - extremely happy and excited and not thinking or behaving
normally because of taking drugs
Fine - an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not
obeying a rule or law
Giggle – to laugh in a nervous or excited way
Harmful - causing harm
Impair – to make sth weaker or less effective
Influence - the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or
thing that is able to do this
Insignificant - not important or thought to be valuable, especially because
of being small
Intent - when you want and plan to do something
Keep up with - do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with that
person or thing
Medical treatment - the attempted remediation of a health problem,
usually following a diagnosis
Money-laundering - the crime of moving money that has been obtained
illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem as if the money
has been obtained legally
Ofence - an illegal act; a crime
Opioid - Any substance, either natural or synthetic, that behaves in the body
like an opium-derived drug. Opioids are potent painkillers.
Painkiller - medicine used to reduce or remove physical pain
Possession - when you have or own something
Possessor - someone who owns something
Potent - very powerful, forceful or effective
Pupil (of an eye) – the circular black area in the centre of your eye,
through which light enters
Reintroduce - to put something into use, operation or a place again
Sedative - a drug used to calm a person or animal or to make them sleep
Sentence - a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or
organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong
Slur- to pronounce the sounds of a word in a way which is not clear,
uncontrolled or wrong
Smuggling - to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often
illegally
Stimulant - a substance, such as a drug, which makes the mind or body
more active
Stoned - slang experiencing the effects of a drug, such as cannabis
Supply - to provide something that is wanted or needed, often in large
quantities and over a long period of time
Tolerant - willing to accept behaviour and beliefs which are different from
your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them
Trafficker - a person who trades in illegal goods, especially drugs
Trafficking - to buy and sell goods illegally
Weave - to go or make a path by moving quickly and changing direction
often, especially to avoid hitting things.