Reduce Your Consumption of Drugs - That includes alcohol, cigarettes, over the counter, prescription and otherwise.

减少药物的消耗——包括酒、烟、柜台药、处方药和其他药物。

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Consumers may well have been discouraged when the main rate of VAT, a consumption tax, was restored to 17.5% at the start of 2010 after 13 months at 15% to counter the downturn.

为了对抗经济低迷，增值税(一种消费税)税率在过去的13个月里都是15%，在2010年初，税率重回17.5%，消费者或许会感到受了打击。

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The benefits would come from reduced congestion and lower fuel consumption. Somewhat counter-intuitively, platooning might also make roads safer.

带来的好处是减少拥堵、降低油耗，并在一定程度上降低疲劳驾驶，“智能车队”可能会使道路更为安全。

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The current system is largely a waste of taxpayer dollars because it is redundant and it is counter-productive because it subsidizes fuel consumption.

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Finally, the RAND report raises a powerful counter to the arguments made by proponents of Proposition 19, namely that legalizing marijuana would result in increased consumption of the drug.

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