abyss

The New York Timesにあった記事から英単語を１つ。abyssは「深淵」「どん底」という意味の単語で，そこから派生して比喩的に「危険な状態」という意味を表します（『プログレッシブ英和中辞典』小学館）。よって見出しのHeroin’s Abyssは「ヘロイン中毒」のことです。（Koyamamoto）

A Mother Lifts Her Son, Slowly, From Heroin’s Abyss
SPARTA, N.J. — When Gail Morris came home late one night after taking her daughter to college, she saw her teenage son, Alex, asleep on the sofa in the family room. Nothing seemed amiss. An unfinished glass of apple juice sat on the table. She tucked him in under a blanket and went to bed.
The next morning, he would not wake up. He was stiff and was hardly breathing. Over the next several hours, Ms. Morris was shocked to learn that her son had overdosed on heroin. She was told he would not survive.
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