When 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, which was attended by more than 3,000 representatives from 138 countries. The conference put forward the slogan "Love life, don't take drugs", and the participants unanimously agreed to designate June 26th as "International Anti-drug Day" to arouse the world's attention to the drug problem.

Every year around "6.26" International Anti-Drug Day, governments at all levels will focus on anti-drug publicity activities through newspapers, radio, television and other news media and other forms.

The worldwide spread of drugs has become a serious threat to the international people. According to United Nations statistics, the global drug trade volume is as high as more than 500 billion US dollars every year, which is the second largest trade in the world after the arms trade. In 1980s, drug abuse caused 654.38 million deaths worldwide. 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.

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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 draw attention to the drug problem all over the world and call on people all over the world to make joint efforts to solve the drug problem. 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.