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Definition
Methadone; a medication used to treat addiction to heroin, morphine, and opium.
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How it's used
Methadone is almost exclusively discussed in the context of government-run clinics in Hong Kong. It is referred to as being drunk rather than taken or injected, reflecting the liquid form provided at these centers. The term carries a specific social weight, as it is synonymous with the public health approach to managing substance dependence.
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He has to go to the clinic to drink methadone every day.
Do you know where there is a methadone clinic?
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
