Global View - Drugs (C0279)

A:

Hey man, you wanna buy some weed?

B:

Some what?

A:

Weed! You know? Pot, Ganja, Mary Jane some chronic!

B:

Oh, umm, no thanks.

A:

I also have blow if you prefer to do a few lines.

B:

No, I am ok, really.

A:

Come on man! I even got dope and acid! Try some!

B:

Do you really have all of these drugs? Where do you get them from?

A:

I got my connections! Just tell me what you want and I’ll even give you one ounce for free.

B:

Sounds good! Let’s see, I want.

A:

Yeah?

B:

I want you to put your hands behind your head! You are under arrest!

Key Vocabulary

weed

a drug,Marijuana

come on

to ask someone to do something (informal)

connection

A person, especially one of influence or importance, with whom one is associated

under arrest

the act of legally taking someone to jail

Supplementary Vocabulary

illicit

illegal, not authorized

undercover

to work under the disguise of someone else

rehab

a place to recover from addicition

withdrawal

to stop using something; the feeling you get when you stop using drugs

craving

a desire to do something (eat, do drugs, smoke, etc.)

high

a feeling you get when you are on drugs

hallucinate

to have hallucinations, where your brain imagines things that are not there

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