26th June International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Is a United Nations International Day against
1)- Drug abuse and
2)- Illegal drug trade.
It is observed annually on 26 June, since 1988, a date chosen to commemorate Lin Zexu’s dismantling of the opium trade in Humen, Guangdong, just before the First Opium War in China.
The UN’s 2007 World Drug Report puts the value of the illegal drug trade at US$322 billion a year.
