Since 1980s, drug abuse has become increasingly rampant and drug smuggling has become increasingly serious worldwide. 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". Delegates unanimously agreed to designate June 26th every year as the International Day against Drugs, 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 make joint efforts to resist the harm of drugs. In February, 65438, the 42nd United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution, and decided to designate June 26th as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Since 1992, the International Anti-Drug Day has set a theme slogan to achieve the effect of international attention and participation. For example, the slogan of 1992 International Anti-Drug Day is: "Drugs, a global problem, need a global solution"; 1998 The theme of International Anti-Drug Day is: "We can do it in a drug-free world"; 1999 The theme of International Anti-Drug Day is: "Keep close to music and stay away from drugs"; The theme of the International Anti-Drug Day in 2000 is: Face reality: denial, corruption and violence; The theme of 200 1 International Anti-Drug Day is: "Sports Reject Drugs"; The theme of International Anti-Drug Day in 2002 is: "Drug Abuse and AIDS? Thin? The theme of International Anti-Drug Day in 2003 is "Let's discuss the drug problem" (the propaganda theme of China International Anti-Drug Day on June 26th, 2003 is "Stay away from drugs and care for the future"). The theme of International Anti-Drug Day in 2004 is "Resist drugs and participate in drug control". The theme of International Anti-Drug Day in 2005 is "Cherish yourself and make healthy choices".
1990 The United Nations special session on drug control held in new york in February adopted the Political Declaration and Global Action Plan, and solemnly declared the last year of the 20th century 10 (199 1-2000) as the international drug control decade. All countries are required to immediately carry out an effective and sustained anti-drug struggle to promote the implementation of the Global Programme of Action. 1In June 1998, the Political Declaration, the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction and the Declaration on Strengthening International Cooperation to Deal with the Drug Problem adopted by the second special session of the United Nations on drug control formulated a cross-century strategy to strengthen international judicial cooperation, control stimulants, reduce drug demand, combat money laundering and eradicate illegal drug crops, and establish a global "drug-free world".
Thai soldiers hold guns in poppy fields in Chiang Rai.
Drugs are the general name of narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs prohibited by more than 200 international conventions, including opium, morphine, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, demerol, and psychedelic drugs popular in the United States and other places in recent years. Drugs are usually divided into nine categories in the world, among which opium, cocaine and marijuana are the most harmful to human body, and cocaine is called the "king of all poisons". Drugs-White Devil >>& gt
At present, there are four "drug dens" in the world, which are the "Golden Triangle" located in the border areas of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar in Southeast Asia. The "Golden Crescent" in the border areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran in Central and Western Asia; Located in the "Silver Triangle" of Colombia in South America and the "fourth producing area" of Lebanon. Four major drug producing areas, major transshipment points and transportation routes in the world >>& gt
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.
Harvesting cannabis in Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon
A large number of drug transactions and huge drug capital flows directly or indirectly threaten the normal operation of the international economy. An annual report issued by the United Nations Drug Control Programme in March 2003 pointed out that the total annual sales of drugs in the world ranged from $800 billion to 1 trillion, accounting for 10% of the total global trade, which was higher than the income of the oil and gas industry and almost equal to the global arms trade. At present, there are as many as 200 million regular and occasional drug addicts in the world; Among them, 6.5438+630 million people use marijuana, 34 million people use amphetamine, 6.5438+04 million people use cocaine, 6.5438+05 million people use opiates and 8 million people use ecstasy. The spread of drugs has spread to more than 200 countries and regions on five continents, and there is a trend that drug users are getting younger and younger and more female drug users. There are more than 740,000 drug addicts in China, and UN officials say there are 65,438+85 million drug addicts in the world.