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genuine

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authentisch
real

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illicit

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rechtswidrig
not legal or not approved of by society

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regulated

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geregelt
controlled by rules or laws

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successive

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aufeinanderfolgend
happening after each other

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tight

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knapp
only just enough

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untapped

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unangezapft
not yet used

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woeful

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elend
very bad

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awareness

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Bewusstsein
the mental state of knowing about smth

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black market

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Schwarzmarkt
illegal trading of goods

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cartel

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Kartell
a group of companies who join together to control prices

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challenge

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Herausforderung
smth that needs great mental/physical effort

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citizen

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Bürger
a person who is a member of a particular country

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dependency

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Abhängigkeit
an inability to stop use smth harmful, esp. a drug

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fund

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Fonds
the money needed or available to spend on smth

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the Labour Party

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a political party in the UK that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum

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law enforcement

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Gesetzesvollzug
the activity of making certain that the laws of an area are obeyed

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midwife

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Geburtshelfer
a person who is trained to help women when they are giving birth

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MP, Member of Parliament

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the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district

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NHS, the National Health Service

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umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the UK

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the Observer

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British compact Sunday newspaper

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opioid

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Opiat
any drug that has an effect similar to opium

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policy

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Grundsatz
a set of ideas of what to do in particular situations

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potency

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Wirksamkeit
strength

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reduction

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Senkung
the act of making smth smaller

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remnant

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Überbleibsel
a small amount of smth that is left from a larger original amount

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revenue

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Einkommensquelle
the income that a government/comapny receives regularly

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stream

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Strom
a contiuous flow

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think tank

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Denkfabrik
a group of experts brought together, usually by a government

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toxicity

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Giftigkeit
the level of poison contained in a drug

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wealth

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Fülle
a large amount

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zero tolerance

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Nulltoleranz
the act of punishing all criminal behaviour severly

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conservative estimate

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vorsichtige Schätzung
a guess that is likely less than the real amount

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of all stripes

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jeglicher Couleur
of all typed

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to afford sb smth

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jdmn etw ermöglichen
to allow sb to do smth

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to exploit, exploitation

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ausbeuten
to use sm1 or smth unfairly for your own advantage

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to cling to smth

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an etw festhalten
to stick to smth tightly

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to criminalize, criminalization

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kriminalisieren
to make smth illegal

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to decriminalize, decriminalization

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entkriminalisieren
to stop smth from being illegal

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to drive smth up

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etw hochfahren
to force smth to go up

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to flatline

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stagnieren
to be at a low level and not increase

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to lag behind

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hinterherhinken
to make progress so slowly that youre behind

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to legalize, legalization

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legalisieren
to allow smth by law

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to pledge

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zusichern
to make a formal promise to do smth

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to raise

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steigern
to cause smth to increase

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to prohibit, prohibition

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verbieten
to officially forbid

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to pursue

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verfolgen
to follow

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to step up to smth

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sich einer Herausforderung stellen
to take action when smth needs to be done

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to get a grip on smth

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etw in den Griff bekommen
to control smth

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to make a case for smth

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Argumente für etw liefern
to argue that smth is the best thing to do

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to leave smth in the hands of sb

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etw in den Händen von jmdn lassen
to let sb stay in the control of smth

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disputed

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umstritten
disagreed on

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harmful

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schädlich
likely to cause hurt/damage

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jolly

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ganz schön
very

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self-evident

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naheligend
obviously true and not needing to be explained

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stringent

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zwingend
very strict of extreme

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susceptible

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anfällig
easily influened / harmed

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advocate

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Befürworter
sb who supports a particular idea/way of doing things

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bowling alley

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Kegelbahn
the narrow tracks along which balls are rolled druing bowling

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cliché

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Klischee
an idea that has been used too often

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compromise

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Mittelweg
an agreement which people reduce their demands

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failure

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Misserfolg
the fact tha smth isnt succeeding

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gutter

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Gosse
the edgre of a road

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the Independant

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British daily online newspaper

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supply

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Vorrat
an amount of smth that is available for use

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trigger

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Auslöser
an event/situation that causes smth to start

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on aggregate

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in der Gesamtwertung
after adding everything together

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by all means

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auf alle Fälle
used to give permission

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to shut smth down

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etw stilllegen
to stop smth from operating

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to wage war

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Krieg führen
to fight a war

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