纪录片《药物依赖》 第43期：吃药就像喝威士忌

（单词翻译）

If it keeps me healthier than I

如果吃药能使我更健康

would otherwise be, and hopefully mentally alert¹,

头脑更灵活

then, you know, it's doing its job

那它就起到功效

and thank you very much.

我就不胜感激了

I believe in my heart that it's not good.

但我内心认为药物是不好的

I don't think it's a good thing.

我觉得吃药不是件好事情

We're not meant to take them.

我们不该服用药物

In the old days, they didn't take them. They just died, you know.

过去的人们从不吃药 他们顺其自然

I don't like it but I... I am...

我不喜欢吃药 但是 我

It's part of my life.

这是我生活的一部分

It is my life, actually.

实际上 这就是我全部的生活

Millions of people turn

数百万人每天靠服药

to pills every day to prolong² their lives,

来延长他们的生命

but there are some who believe medicine

但也有些人 比如约翰·斯图尔特

could also be used to bring it to an end, like John Stuwart.

认为药物能用来结束他们的生命

If there was such a thing as a simple pill that you could take,

如果世上有如此简单的药物

preferably with a large Scotch³,

配上一大杯苏格兰威士忌服下

and go to sleep and not wake up,

就能让你长睡不醒

a lot of people would prefer that,

不知多少人想要得到这样的机会

in fact would leap at the chance.

利用这样的机会