This is an incredibly potent synthetic drug.

这是一种非常有效的合成药物。

I'm Carl Azuz. You might not have heard of synthetic drugs.

我是卡尔·阿祖兹。你可能没有听说过合成药物。

Synthetic drugs in particular have become more common over the past five years.

特别是合成毒品在过去五年中变得更加普遍。

It says supply and demand of both cocaine and synthetic drugs has increased dramatically.

报告称，可卡因和合成毒品的供需都大幅增加。

Increasingly, international criminal organizations are dealing in highly dangerous synthetic drugs.

越来越多的国际犯罪组织开始交易高度危险的合成类毒品。

Biotechnology may allow us to live longer, but may leave us dependent on costly synthetic drugs.

生物科技或许能使我们活得更久，却可能让我们依赖昂贵的合成药物。

The stats also show a rise in the rate of synthetic drug abuse here in China.

数据表明，中国滥用合成毒品人数比例上升。

Synthetic drugs, or designer drugs are incredibly dangerous, and they are hard for police to keep track of.

合成药物或策划药非常危险, 而且也很难被警察追查。

The U.S. government says synthetic drugs can be even more dangerous than the illegal ones they try to imitate.

美国政府表示合成药物比他们试图起到的非法药物效应更加危险。

And in 1915, it became available without a prescription which made it the first synthetic, over the counter drug.

在 1915 年，它无需处方就可以买到，这使它成为第一种合成的非处方药。

We must work together to identify innovative options to curb the rapid proliferation of these new synthetic drugs.

我们必须通力合作，找到富有创造性的方法，来抑制这些新型合成类药物的快速传播。

And as a bonus for the trafficker, even a small amount of synthetic drugs often has higher profit margins than other narcotics.

毒枭是有利可图的，即便只卖出少量的合成类药物，其利润幅度通常都要比其他毒品高。

Yesterday, the government announced more than 150 people have been arrested over the past four months for making or selling synthetic drugs.

昨天, 政府宣布在过去四个月内因制造或销售合成药物有超过150人被逮捕。

This was widely recognized as one of the first synthetic pharmaceutical drugs.

这被广泛认为是最早的合成药物之一。

Synthetic drugs, like fentanyl and its analogues, are chemically produced substances and extremely deadly.

合成药物，如芬太尼及其类似物，是化学产生的物质，非常致命。

And now the illegal drug market has tragically switched to synthetic drugs, mainly fentanyl.

而现在， 非法毒品市场不幸转向合成毒品，主要是芬太尼。

UN ODC says almost thirty tons of the synthetic drug were seized in 2021 compared to less than three tons five years ago.

联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室表示，2021 年缴获了近 30 吨合成毒品，而五年前还不到 3 吨。

In Thailand alone, amphetamine seizures have quadrupled since 2008, according to the United Nations'just released report on the global trade in synthetic drugs.

根据联合国刚刚公布的全球合成毒品贸易报告，仅在泰国，2008年以来查获的安非他命就增加了四倍。

One of the reasons that traffickers like to deal in synthetic drugs is because a very small amount goes a very long way.

毒枭喜欢贩卖合成类药物的一个原因是用量不多，药效持久。

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug similar to morphine that is prescribed by doctors to block pain.

芬太尼是一种类似于吗啡的合成药物，由医生开处方来止痛。