International Anti-Drug Day June 26th is the International Anti-Drug Day. 1987 June 12-26, the United Nations held a ministerial conference on drug abuse and illegal trafficking in Vienna, attended by more than 3,000 representatives from 138 countries. The meeting put forward the slogan "Love life, don't take drugs". The delegates unanimously agreed to designate June 26th as the "International Anti-Drug Day" every year, so as to attract the attention of all countries in the world and call on people all over the world to jointly solve the drug problem.

I. Origin

Since 1980s, drug abuse has become increasingly rampant and drug smuggling has become increasingly serious worldwide. Drug abuse directly harms people's physical and mental health and poses a great threat to economic development and social progress. The increasingly serious drug problem has become a global disaster, and no country or region in the world can get rid of the harm of drugs. Theft, robbery, fraud, prostitution and all kinds of vicious violent crimes induced by drug trafficking and drug abuse seriously endanger the social order in many countries and regions. In some places, the trinity of drug trafficking, terror and underworld has constituted a factor that undermines national stability. Faced with this grim situation, 1987 From June 65438 to June 26, the United Nations held a ministerial conference on drug abuse and illegal trafficking in Vienna, attended by more than 3000 representatives from 138 countries. The meeting put forward the slogan "Love life, don't take drugs". The delegates unanimously agreed to designate June 26th as the "International Anti-Drug Day" every year, so as to draw the attention of all countries in the world to the drug problem and call on people all over the world to jointly resist the harm of drugs. In February of the same year, the 42nd UN General Assembly passed a resolution, and decided to designate June 26th as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Second, the founding background

1987 In June, the United Nations Ministerial International Conference on Drug Control was held in Vienna, Austria. More than 3000 representatives from 138 countries attended the meeting. The meeting adopted the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Drug Control Activities. At the end of the 26th meeting, the delegates unanimously passed a resolution to designate June 26th of each year as "International Anti-Drug Day" from 1988, so as to attract the attention of all countries in the world and call on people all over the world to jointly solve the drug problem.

The worldwide spread of drugs has become a serious international public hazard. According to United Nations statistics, the global drug trade volume exceeds 500 billion US dollars every year, which is the second largest trade in the world after the arms trade. In the 1980s, 654.38 million people died of drug abuse in the world. Drugs not only seriously damage human health, endanger national quality, encourage violent crimes, but also devour huge social wealth. For developing countries, the losses caused by drugs and the huge amount of money needed to eradicate drugs are a heavy burden.

Drugs refer to opium, * *, ice, morphine, marijuana, cocaine and other addictive narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs. Drugs not only directly endanger people's physical and mental health, but also pose a great threat to economic development and social progress. Drug abuse and drug trafficking can easily lead to a series of social problems, such as fraud, violent crime, prostitution and the spread of AIDS. Drug problems are often associated with terrorism, money laundering and human trafficking.

In the 1980s, faced with the increasingly rampant drugs and serious drug smuggling in the world, the United Nations held a ministerial conference on drug abuse and illegal trafficking in Vienna, Austria in June, 1987. The congress put forward the slogan of "love life, don't take drugs" and suggested that June 26th every year be designated as "International Anti-drug Day", so as to arouse the attention of all countries in the world to the drug problem and jointly resist the harm of drugs. 65438+ In February of the same year, the 42nd session of the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to officially designate June 26th as the International Day against Drug Abuse.

Drug abuse is one of the main problems facing the world today. According to statistics, about 200 million people around the world are using drugs, and drug addicts are spread all over more than 200 countries and regions. Drug addicts are getting younger and younger. About 5% of the population aged 16 to 64 have taken drugs illegally at least once a year. The global drug trade reaches 800 billion to 1 trillion dollars every year, and the number of people who die from drug abuse is as high as 200 thousand every year, and tens of millions of people lose their ability to work because of drug abuse.

Although the international community has made some achievements in curbing the spread of drugs and cracking down on drug smuggling, the drug problem is still the number one public hazard in the world today. According to statistics, there are about 200 million people using drugs around the world, and drug addicts are distributed in more than 200 countries and regions. The annual drug trade in the world reaches 800 billion to 1 trillion dollars. In addition, the number of people who die of drug abuse is as high as 200,000 every year in the world, tens of millions of people lose their ability to work because of drug abuse, and drug addicts are getting younger and younger.