1. Words adoptive = to become parent of a child that isn't your own claim

compared with= to look at two things and see how they are different

decline = when something goes down

decrease = to go down

depression = a medical condition in which you are unhappy with yourself and cannot lead a normal life

dissatisfaction = here: not being happy with yourself

especially = above all

heroin = powerful and illegal drug made of morphine

illegally = not allowed; against the law

life expectancy = the number of years a person is expected to live

morphine = powerful drug that is used to make people calmer and stop the pain

opioid = a drug that acts on the nervous system to reduce pain

overdose = to take too much of a drug at one time

pain = the feeling you have when part of your body hurts

painkiller = medicine which removes or reduces pain

premature = when something happens before the natural time

prescription = piece of paper that a doctor writes so that an ill person can get medicine

recently = a short time ago

receptor = a nerve ending that gets information and causes the body to react in a special way

reduce = lower

result in = lead to, be the reason for something

stability = here: strength

target = attack

terminal stages = the last days, weeks or months before a person dies of an illness


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  according to = as said by ...
  
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  addicted to = not able to stop doing something that may be harmful
  
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