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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

cartel: an association of manufacturers and suppliers of goods or products that can either be legitimate or illegal crack cocaine: a powerful and addictive type of cocaine made from converting powdered cocaine to smokeable “rocks” euphoria: a state of heightened joy and happiness; in regard to drug use, an artificial state produced by drugs opioids: a type of drug that is refined from the opium poppy or lab-based processes that imitate natural opium or morphine psychosis: disruptions to a person’s thought processes that make it difficult for them to perceive what is real and what is imaginary stimulant: a drug that excites and energizes the brain and central nervous system

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