UN holidays - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Humanity has been using drugs for quite a long time Smoking tobacco, hashish, drinking tinctures of fly agarics and cacti And the fight against their spread and control of their circulation has been going on for more than 100 years Back in 1909, members of the Shanghai Opium Commission, which consisted of 13 countries, including Russia, attempted to limit the import of narcotic poison from Asian countries But today, unfortunately, we are still far from resolving this growing problem Despite the fact that students are told from school about the dangers of these psychotropic drugs, there are always those who want to try them once, naively believing that one dose will not cause addiction The result is addiction, personality degradation, poisoning and destruction of the body, and - early death With the goal of helping the world community free itself from drug abuse, the UN General Assembly in 1987 adopted a resolution to annually celebrate June 26 as the International Day against Drug Use and Illicit Trafficking In addition to drugs of natural origin, such as hemp, for example, there are many synthetic ones, the use of which kills faster than any terrible disease, literally in just a few days There are also a huge number of medications that cause addiction, and the use of which as drugs is almost impossible to control Statistics show that the number of drug addicts is increasing in parallel with the list of addictive drugs, and this list is updated and replenished almost daily Researchers have estimated that at the end of 2011, over 600 thousand regularly used drugs in Russia, and today our country ranks “honorably” first in the world in heroin use Every year, addiction claims the lives of 30 to 40 thousand people - these are the statistics for our country For the International Day Against Drug Use, many countries around the world are preparing various events and campaigns aimed at educating the population, mainly young people, about the harm and destructive consequences of drug use And our country was no exception On June 26, drug addiction specialists, representatives of the public and authorities, and the media were involved in educational events in Russia Participants and guests of the conference have a unique opportunity to check the state of their health, if necessary, consult and consult with employees and specialists in the field of psychology, sociology and even addiction medicine Youth and public organizations also organize various events, such as sports competitions, promotions, concerts, flash mobs Most of the activities are aimed at young people and teenagers, because they are the potential victims of destructive addiction Educational work of a cognitive and lecture nature helps parents recognize changes in their child’s behavior in a timely manner and turn to appropriate specialists for help, so that their child can once and for all say “NO to drugs!”