International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United Nations International Day against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade. It has been held annually since 1988 on 26 June, a date chosen to commemorate Lin Zexu's dismantling of the opium trade in Humen, Guangdong, just before the Opium War (zh:虎门销烟) The observance was instituted by General Assembly resolution 41/111[1] of 7 December 1987.

The UN's 2007 World Drug Report[2] puts the value of the illegal drug trade at US$322 billion a year.[3]

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  1. ^ General Assembly Resolution 41/111
  2. ^ World Drug Report 2007
  3. ^ UN Report: Global Drug Abuse Under Control


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