World Drug Day 2024

• 28 Jun 2024

Source: IE

Every year International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, popularly known as World Drug Day, is observed on 26th June.

• This day was established in December 1987 by the United Nations General Assembly, to raise awareness about the global fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
• The theme for 2024 was “The evidence is clear: invest in prevention”.
• The illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and their abuse is an international problem and as per the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), around 269 million people worldwide used drugs in 2018.
  • Established in 1997, UNODC acts as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention globally.
• In India, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Punjab are the top three states with the highest number of FIRs registered under the NDPS Act in three years between 2019 and 2021.

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