(单词翻译:单击)
In 2021, over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses.
2021年，超过10万美国人死于过量用药。
The drug behind two thirds of those deaths: fentanyl.
三分之二的死亡是由名为“芬太尼”的药物导致的。
Most people who take fentanyl don't even know they're taking it.
大多数服用芬太尼的人甚至不知道他们在服用这种药物。
You can't see it, taste it or smell it.
因为它无色无味。
Here's why fentanyl is on the rise and why it's so deadly.
本期将解释为什么芬太尼开始流行，以及为什么它如此致命。
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
芬太尼是一种合成阿片类药物，麻醉效果是海洛因的50倍，吗啡的100倍。
Pharmaceutical fentanyl was originally developed as a pain killer for surgery and cancer patients, often applied in a patch on the skin.
药用芬太尼最初是作为止痛药为手术和癌症患者开发的，通常做成贴剂。
Drug dealers manufacture illicit fentanyl to lace other drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine because of its extreme potency, making drugs cheaper, more addictive, and more dangerous.
由于芬太尼效力极强，毒贩制造非法芬太尼并将其掺杂在其它毒品，如海洛因、甲基苯丙胺和可卡因之中，这样制造出来的毒品更便宜，更容易让人上瘾，也更加危险。
In recent years, synthetic opioid overdose deaths, primarily fentanyl, have skyrocketed in the U.S. Over 150 Americans die every day from overdoses related to fentanyl and synthetic opioids.
近年来，美国合成阿片类药物用药过量导致死亡人数激增，涉及到的药物主要是芬太尼。每天有超过150名美国人死于与芬太尼和合成阿片类药物有关的过量用药。
Illicit fentanyl is typically made abroad in China, India, but mainly Mexico, then smuggled into the U.S. as powder or pressed pills.
非法芬太尼通常是由中国、印度，以及最主要的生产商墨西哥生产的，随后药物会以粉末或片剂的形式走私到美国。
According to the DEA, drug cartels are manufacturing and moving fake pills that are designed to look like drugs for pain, attention deficit disorder, or anxiety.
根据美国缉毒局的说法，贩毒集团将正在制造和运输的假药伪装成用于治疗疼痛、注意力缺陷障碍或焦虑的药物。
Between May and September of 2022, the DEA seized over 10 million fake pills and 982 pounds of fentanyl powder.
2022年5月至9月，美国缉毒局查获了1000多万颗假药和982磅芬太尼粉末。
Sometimes referred to on the street as "friend," "Apache," or "Goodfellas," fentanyl produces an intense short-term high, feelings of euphoria, slowed respiration, and reduced blood pressure, causing nausea, fainting, seizures, and death.
芬太尼在街上被称为“朋友”、“阿帕奇”或“好家伙”，它能让人产生强烈的短期兴奋和快感，并让人呼吸减慢，血压降低，由此导致恶心、昏厥、癫痫和死亡。
One dose could be deadly.
一剂就足以致命。
To combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, the Biden administration introduced the 2022 National Drug Control Strategy, which includes expanding access to the overdose reversal drug naloxone, test strips to check drugs for fentanyl, and sterile needles.
为了抗击阿片类药物的持续滥用，拜登政府公布了《2022年国家药物管制战略》，其中包括增加大剂量逆转剂纳洛酮，芬太尼试纸，以及无菌针头的获取。
