新奇事件簿 乌拉圭大麻交易合法化

Uruguay has become the first country in the world to legalise the marijuana trade, from the drug's production to its distribution. This means it is the only nation where the government has total control of the commercialisation of marijuana (also known as cannabis). Uruguay's President Jose Mujica said his goal is totry and disrupt the activities of drug traffickers and possibly put them out of business altogether. He hopes that his legalisation, together with the close monitoring of marijuana sales by the state, will reducedependence on the drug and drug-related crime. Mr Mujica said he was well aware that the new legislation was "an experiment," which had no guarantee of being successful.

乌拉圭成为了全球首个大麻交易（从大麻制作到流通）合法化的国家。这就意味着乌拉圭成为了首个政府拥有完全掌控大麻商业化的国家。乌拉圭总统何塞·穆希卡说他的目的是要破坏贩毒者的活动，并有可能将他们清除出商业领域。他希望这次的合法化，加之政府对大麻销售的严格监控能够减少毒品犯罪。何塞·穆希卡称他清楚地意识到新法是“试验田”，并没有百分百成功的保障。

The legalisation has fallen foul¹ of an international treaty on drug control. Uruguay is a signatory to the1961 Convention on Narcotic² Drugs. The Convention limits the use of cannabis "to medical and scientific purposes". The president of the International Narcotics³ Control Board, Raymond Yans, said he was "surprised"that Uruguay had "knowingly decided⁴ to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed⁵ legal provisions of the treaty". He warned the move could backfire, saying: "It will not protect young people, but rather have the perverse⁶ effect of encouraging early experimentation⁷, lowering the age of first use, and thus contributing to…earlier onset⁸ of addiction⁹ and other disorders¹⁰."

新法与国际毒品控制条约背道而驰。乌拉圭是1961年麻醉品公约的签署国。公约对大麻在医学和科学上的用途进行了限制。国际麻醉药管制委员会主席雷蒙德称乌拉圭在知情的情况下依然决定违背国际公约，这让我非常震惊。”他警告称这些措施将有可能招致麻烦，称：“这将不会对年轻人进行保护，相反这将鼓励年轻人食用大麻，降低最小年龄范围，大麻会让他们上瘾，并导致其他疾病。

1 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

2 narcotic   

n.麻醉药，镇静剂；adj.麻醉的，催眠的

参考例句：

• Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
• No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for herself.医务人员不得为自己开处方使用麻醉药品。

3 narcotics   

n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒

参考例句：

• The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 perverse   

adj.刚愎的；坚持错误的，行为反常的

参考例句：

• It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend.阻止这种健康发展的趋势是没有道理的。
• She gets a perverse satisfaction from making other people embarrassed.她有一种不正常的心态，以使别人难堪来取乐。

7 experimentation   

n.实验，试验，实验法

参考例句：

• Many people object to experimentation on animals.许多人反对用动物做实验。
• Study and analysis are likely to be far cheaper than experimentation.研究和分析的费用可能要比实验少得多。

8 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

9 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

10 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》