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0/ Drug culture

What does a drug taker mean by the following? Choose the correct answer.

1    I need a fix!

a)    a pili

b)    time to lie down (c))an injection

d) a tourniąuet

2    He's clean!

a)    stopped taking drugs

b)    sells only pure drugs

c)    buys drugs

d)    conceals drugs by swallowing them

3    When did you shoot up?

a)    conceal drugs

b)    take an injection

c)    begin taking drugs

d)    buy drugs

4    He's hooked.

a)    preparing to inject

b)    addicted to drugs

c)    in prison

d)    in hospital

5    She takes hard stuff.

a)    sedatives

b)    LSD

c)    cocaine and opiates

d)    cannabis

6    Have you got the machinery?

a)    morphine

b)    supplier's phone number

c)    equipment for injecting

d)    a place to hide

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7    She's registered.

a)    obtains a regular prescription for drugs

b)    is known by the police

c)    knows where to buy drugs illegally

d)    has been taken into hospital

8    I need a script!

a)    a pack of clean needles

b)    an injection

c)    a pili

d)    a prescription

9    Who's the dealer?

a)    doctor

b)    supplier

c)    addict

d)    heroin taker

10    She does pipes.

a)    smokes crack cocaine

b)    conceals drugs in the vagina

c)    injects intravenously

d)    inhales heroin fumes

11    He's a junkie.

a)    heroin taker

b)    stopped taking drugs

c)    police informer

d)    a doctor willing to prescribe drugs

There is a lot of language used by drug users which has a special meaning in the drug world. The language tested above includes some of the morę common terms.