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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

abstinence: in recovery, the state of not using a certain substance or drug cartel: an association of manufacturers and suppliers that oversee the production, distribution, and sale of drugs cryptocurrency: a digital currency that can be used as money but isn’t tied to a specific nation or government indigenous: referring to a person whose ethnic and cultural background is native to a country or region; not an immigrant or settler or their descendant opioids: a type of drug that is refined from the opium poppy or lab-based processes that imitate natural opium or morphine paraphernalia: objects and equipment that are used to prepare and take drugs, including needles, pipes, bongs, vaping devices, and other devices psychoactive: referring to a substance that affects one’s mental abilities and perceptions

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