useful expressions and words from a TED talk

TED talk about addiction

to be forbidden: 

It's exactly one hundred years since drugs were banned in the US.

the decision, that have a very important effect on sth or smn: 

It's a century since we've made this really fateful decision.

to find the solution: 

i was trying to figure out if there is a way to help them.

to be the reason for sth:

What really causes addiction?

continue doing sth in a certain way: 

Why do we carry on with this approach that doesn't seem to be working.

It turns out they like, but under very specific circumstances.

make drugs legal: 

Portugal is the only country, that decriminalised all drugs.

surprised smn:
the things that i realised, that completely blew my mind is: Almost everything we think we know about addiction is wrong.

understand and start to use it : 
If we want to absorb new evidence of addiction, we need to change a lot more than our drug policies.

poisonous/ clean and can be used for medıcal purposes

chemical elements that cause addiction: 
there are chemical hooks in heroin.

lots of

I read loads of stuff about it.
I would be given loads of diamorphine.

too much of a drug taken or given at one time:

you can do it if you feel a little bit sadistic.

be not able to stand against difficulties in life

become homeless as the result of all decisions and actions someone made.

discover again: 
Thet rediscovered purpose, bonds and connections with the society.

To prefer sth instead of sth
We traded floor space for connections.

depending on something else in the future in order to happen:

contingent on an addict's behaviour.