illegal drugs Flashcards

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1
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prévention ou répression?

A

prevention or repression?

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2
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la drogue

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drugs (plural)

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une drogue douce

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a soft drug

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une drogue dure

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a hard drug

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5
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les stupéfiants

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narcotics

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6
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la drogue

la came

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cannabis

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la marijuana

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marijuana

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les amphétmines

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amphetamines

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9
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l’héroine

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heroin

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inhaler de la coke

sniffer de la coke

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to sniff cocaine

to snort cocaine

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une aiguille

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a needle

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une seringue

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a syringe

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13
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une drogue à usage récréatif occasionnel

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a recreational drug

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14
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une drogue de synthèse

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a designer drug

a synthetic drug

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15
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un psychotrope

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a psychoactive substance

a psychotropic substance

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16
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se banaliser

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to become commonplace

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17
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la banalisation du crack

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the spreading use of crack

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18
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un fléau

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a plague
a curse
a scourge

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19
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un médicament

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a medicine

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20
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le trafic de drogue

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drug-trafficking

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21
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un trafiquant de drogue

un narcotrafiquant

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a drug trafficker

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un réseau de trafiquants

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a drug ring

a drug cartel

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23
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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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24
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un passeur

une mule

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a mule

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25
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faire entrer de la drogue dans un pays

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to smuggle drugs into a country

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26
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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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27
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la criminalité due à la drogue

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drug-related crime

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28
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consommer de la drogue
prendre de la drogue
se droguer

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to use drugs

to take drugs

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29
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la consommation de drogue

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drug use

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30
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la toxicomanie

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drug abuse
substance abuse
drug addiction

31
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un usager de drogue

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a drug-user

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un consommateur occasionnel

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a casual user

33
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un gros consommateur

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a heavy user

34
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un consommateur de cannabis

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a cannabis user

35
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être accro à quelque chose

A

to be addicted to something

36
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être accro à la cocaine

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to be hooked on cocaine

37
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avoir besoin d’une dose

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to need a fix

38
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avoir un besoin maladif de quelque chose

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to crave something

39
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l’accoutumance (à quelque chose)

la dépendance

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addiction (to something)

dependency (on something)

40
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qui crée une accoutumance

addictogène

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addictive

41
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un drogué

un toxicomane

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a drug addict

a drug abuser

42
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un drogué
un camé
un toxico

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a junkie

a druggie

43
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faire une overdose

faire une surdose

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to take an overdose

to OD

44
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essayer l’héroïne

A

to experiment with heroin

45
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un joint

A

a joint

a reefer

46
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avaler la fumée

inhaler la fumée

A

to inhale smoke

47
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planer

être défoncé

A

to be high

to be spaced out

48
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la prévention

A

prevention

49
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sensibiliser le public aux dangers du cannabis

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to make people aware of the dangers of cannabis

50
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une campagne de sensibilisation

A

an awareness(-raising) campaign

51
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légaliser la consommation de cannabis

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to legalize cannabis use

52
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dépénaliser

décriminaliser

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to decriminalize

53
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les arguments pour et contre la législation

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the pros and cons of legalization

54
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le traitement

A

treatment

55
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demander à être soigné

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to seek treatment

56
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décrocher

A

to kick the habit

57
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un centre de désintoxication

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a rehabilitation center

58
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entreprendre une cure de désintoxication

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to go into rehab

59
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désintoxication

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detoxification

detoxication

60
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un centre de désintoxication

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a detoxi(fi)cation centre

61
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une cure de désintoxication

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a detoxi(fi)cation programme

62
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être en cure de désintoxication

A

to be in detox

63
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éliminer quelque chose progressivement

A

to phase something out

64
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arrêter la drogue d’un seul coup

être en manque

A

to go cold turkey

65
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les symptômes de (l’état de) manque

A

withdrawal symptoms

66
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la méthadone

A

methadone

67
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rechuter

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to relapse

68
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réprimer la consommation de drogues

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to clamp down on drug abuse

to crack down on drug abuse

69
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la répression

A

repression

70
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pénaliser la possession de drogues

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to impose penalties for drug possession

71
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une amende

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a fine

72
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condamner quelqu’un à une amende

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to fine somebody

73
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le responsable de la lutte contre la drogue

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the drug czar

the drug tsar