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About World Day Against Drug Abuse & Trafficking

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EVENT NAME:
Drug Abuse & Trafficking, World Day Against (1839)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Anniversaries , Health
Safety & Security , Alcohol Tobacco & Drugs
Dates Active:
Begins: Jun 26, 2023
Ends: Jun 26, 2023
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World Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking was declared by the United Nations through General Assembly Resolution 42/112.

This awareness campaign highlights the fight against drug abuse, the illegal drug trade, and more robust courses of action toward creating a drug abuse-free international society.

June 26 commemorates the anniversary of Lin Zexu's breaking of the Guangdong opium trade before the first Opium Wars in China in 1839. With his workers, it took 23 days to dump more than one million kilograms of opium into the ocean.

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