Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• abide by: To follow a rule; adhere to
• health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• consider: To think carefully about something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• intention: Aim or purpose
• option: A choice
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• regulation: Act of controlling something with rules or orders
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• marijuana: Illegal drug that is made from hemp
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• abide: To live somewhere (formal, old-fashioned)
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• revival: Process of becoming active, strong or alive again
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• cannabis: Type of plant that is a drug when smoked
• narcotic: (Of a drug) leading to unconsciousness
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning