Most Americans who abuse prescription drugs get them from someone else's leftover prescriptions.

大多数滥用处方药的人们，使用其他人吃剩的处方药。

Prescription drug abuse is not limited to Baltimore.

处方药物滥用不仅限于巴尔的摩。

What about prescription drugs like the new antiviral pill, Paxlovid?

像新型抗病毒药帕罗韦德这种处方药有效吗？

I’ll visit a community battling prescription drug and heroin abuse.

我将到访一个与滥用处方药和海洛因进行斗争的社区。

Most of the time, it's from prescription drugs like Oxycodone or hydrocodone.

大多数时候，它都是处方药，如羟考酮或氢化酮。

The FDA regulates food over here and the prescription drugs over here.

食品和药物管理局在这里监管食品，在这里监管处方药。

That's why some places exempt food and prescription drug purchases from sales taxes.

这就是为什么有些地方不征收食品和处方药的销售税。

Drugs, actually. Prescription drugs. But I went through rehab, and I'm clean now.

事实上，是磕药。处方药。但我去了戒毒中心，现在已经戒干净了。

In this month's Vital Signs we're addressing the epidemic of prescription drug overdose.

在本月的《生命特征》中，我们要强调过量服用处方药所导致的流行病。

TV ads for prescription drugs will have to start showing list prices of the medications.

处方药电视广告将开始呈现建议售价。

When standard treatments don't work, parents are referred to a doctor for prescription drugs.

当标准治疗方法无效时，家长会请医生开具处方药物。

But why does it cost so much to buy prescription drugs in the US?

但为什么在美国买处方药要花这么多钱呢？

Spending on prescription drugs ballooned by 13% in America last year, the largest increase since 2003.

去年美国处方药的支出激增了13%，是自2003年以来的最大增幅。

Some prescription drugs have a very narrow therapeutic window, meaning the exact dosage is really important.

一些处方药治疗窗口非常狭窄，这意味着准确的剂量非常重要。

So… what are some potential ideas to reduce the cost of prescription drugs in the US?

那么，在美国降低处方药成本的潜在想法是什么呢？

Police say at least 175,000 dosage of prescription drugs were stolen during Baltimore's riots in April.

警方称4月份巴尔的摩的骚乱中至少有175000剂量的处方药被盗。

Right now, the Department estimates that Americans spend more than $1,500 a person on prescription drugs.

目前，据该部门估计，美国人在处方药上的人均支出超过1500美元。

And for stuff like clothing, prescription drugs, and education prices are only slightly above that 2% mark.

而服装、处方药和教育等商品的价格仅略高于 2%。

They are defending their prescription drugs, saying they are necessary for the treatment and management of pain.

他们为自己的处方药辩护，说它们是治疗和控制疼痛所必需的。

These rebates are mostly used for expensive brand-name prescription drugs in categories in which there are interchangeable products.

这些回扣主要用于在这其类别中有可互换产品的昂贵的品牌处方药。