Chapter 3 - Illegal Drugs Flashcards

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1
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La drogue

A

Drugs

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2
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Une drogue douce / dure

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A soft / hard drug

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3
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Les stupéfiants

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Narcotics

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4
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La dope, la came

A

Dope

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5
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Le cannabis

A

Cannabis

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6
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La marijuana

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Marijuana

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7
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Les amphétamines

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Amphetamines

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8
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L’héroïne

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Heroin

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9
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Inhaler, sniffer de la coke

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To sniff, snort cocaine

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10
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Une aiguille

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A needle

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11
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Une seringue

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A syringue

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12
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Une drogue à usage récréatif occasionnel

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A recreational drug

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13
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Une drogue de synthèse

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A designer drug, a synthetic drug

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14
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Un psychotrope

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A psychoactive, psychotropic substance

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15
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Se banaliser

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To become commonplace

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16
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La banalisation du crack

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The spreading use of crack

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17
Q

Un fléau

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A plague, a curse, a scourge

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18
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Le trafic de drogue

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Drug-trafficking

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19
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Un trafiquant de drogue, un narcotrafiquant

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A drug trafficker

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20
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Un réseau de trafiquants

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A drug ring, a drug cartel

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21
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Un baron de la drogue

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A drug baron, a drug lord, a drug kingpin

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22
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Un passeur, une mule

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A mule

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23
Q

Faire entrer de la drogue dans un pays

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To smuggle drugs into a country

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24
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Un revendeur de drogues

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A drug pusher, a drug peddler, a drug dealer

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25
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La criminalité due à la drogue

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Drug-related crime

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26
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Consommer, prendre de la drogue, se droguer

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To use drugs, to take drugs

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27
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La consommation de drogue

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Drug use

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28
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La toxicomanie

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Drug abuse, substance abuse, drug addiction

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29
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Un usager de drogue

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A drug-user

30
Q

Un consommateur occasionnel / un gros consommateur

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A casual / heavy user

31
Q

Un consommateur de cannabis

A

A cannabis user

32
Q

Être accro à qqch

A

To be addicted to sth

33
Q

Être accro à la cocaine

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To be hooked on cocaine

34
Q

Avoir besoin d’une dose

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To need a fix

35
Q

Avoir un besoin maladif de qqch

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To crave sth

36
Q

L’accoutumance (à qqch), la dépendance

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Addiction (on sth), dependency (on sth)

37
Q

Qui crée une accoutumance, addictogène

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Addictive

38
Q

Un drogué, un toxicomane

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A drug addict, a drug abuser

39
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Un drogué, un camé, un toxico

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A junkie, a druggie

40
Q

Faire une overdose, une surdose

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To take an overdose, to OD

41
Q

Abrogé

A

Repealed

42
Q

Essayer l’héroïne

A

To experiment with heroin

43
Q

Un joint

A

A joint, a reefer

44
Q

Avaler, inhaler la fumée

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To inhale smoke

45
Q

Planer, être defoncé

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To be high, to be spaced out

46
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La prévention

A

Prevention

47
Q

Sensibiliser le public aux dangers du cannabis

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To make people aware of the dangers of cannabis

48
Q

Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness(-raising) campaign

49
Q

Légaliser la consommation de cannabis

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To legalize cannabis use

50
Q

Dépénaliser, décriminaliser

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To decriminalize

51
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Les arguments pour et contre la légalisation

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The pros and cons of legalization

52
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Le traitement

A

Treatment

53
Q

Demander à être soigné

A

To seek treatment

54
Q

Décrocher

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To kick the habit

55
Q

Un centre de désintoxication

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A rehabilitation center

56
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Entreprendre une cure de désintoxication

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To go into rehab

57
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Désintoxication

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Detoxification, detoxication

58
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Un centre de désintoxication

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A detoxi(fi)cation centre

59
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Une cure de désintoxication

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A detoxi(fi)cation programme

60
Q

Être en cure de désintoxication

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To be un detox

61
Q

Éliminer qqch progressivement

A

To phase sth out

62
Q

Arrêter la drogue d’un seul coup OU être en manque

A

To go cold turkey

63
Q

Les symptômes de (l’état de) manque

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Withdrawal symptoms

64
Q

La méthadone

A

Methadone

65
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Rechuter

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To relapse

66
Q

Réprimer la consommation de drogue

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To clamp down on, to crack down on drug abuse

67
Q

La répression

A

Repression

68
Q

Pénaliser la possession de drogues

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To impose penalties for drug possession

69
Q

Une amende

A

A fine

70
Q

Condamner qqn à une amende

A

To fine sb

71
Q

Le responsable de la lutte contre la drogue

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The drug czar, the drug tsar