We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of su tances( drugs) is pervasive: an a irin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.

• [参考译文]我们生活在一种药品（品）医学用途和社会用途都很广泛的社会里：一片用来止头疼的阿司匹林，一些用来社交的酒，早上自己提提神所喝的咖啡，一支用来定神的香烟。