Drug abuse is one of the most terrible problems of our time. More and more people all over the world are tempted and fall into the network of this vice, thinking that they immediately solve all their problems. Very often even those who undergo treatment can not permanently get rid of drug dependence. Citizens all over the world who care about the health of their people unite to remind everyone of the terrible disease. On June 26, many countries of the world celebrate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
History of the fight against drug addiction
The history of the fight against drug abuse, their distribution and control of sales turnover has been going on for more than a hundred years. On December 7, 1987, the UN General Assembly decided to mark the World Day Against Drug Addiction every year on June 26. The impetus for this was the Secretary-General's speech at the International Workshop on Combating Drug Addiction. The UN members set a goal to create an independent society from drug use and on the same day made a plan for future activities to combat drug abuse.
Today, the need has arisen to create a common global program that would function as a barrier to the international drug business. This is the main goal of the fight against drug addiction. It was the UN that acted as the coordinator and ideologist of anti-drug abuse. The United Nations Organization, together with representatives of various countries, contributes to reducing the impact of narcotic drugs on the gene pool.
One of the main problems of combating drug addiction is the use of toxic drugs by children and adolescents. Impressive scale of the unfolded disaster, as well as their consequences. For the drug dose, many drug addicts violate the law, and about 75% of girls become prostitutes and are often infected with AIDS , and drug addiction is one of the causes of cancer .
Everyone should be interested in solving this problem, and the International Day Against Drug Addiction helps to inform the public about this.