On December 7, 1987, the United Nations General Assembly decided to establish June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This decision was approved due to the fact that on that day of the same year the International Conference on this international scourge was held.
This date was proclaimed with the purpose of making people in the world more aware of the fight against drug abuse, as well as to promote preventive measures in this regard.
The increase of its use every year at a global level shows that individuals still do not internalize the damage that can be caused to their health by the consumption of any type of substance classified as a drug. Sometimes they are ingested without knowing the unpredictable and sometimes disastrous effects on the human body.
These products are mainly ingested by adolescents and young people, a population group on which prevention campaigns are focused at a global level. For this reason, mobilizing public support and motivating people to act against drug abuse is the purpose of the various action programs implemented around the world.
Cuba pays special attention to this scourge and the different institutions involved in the issue are working together to reduce drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. The Caribbean nation has maintained for decades a policy of zero tolerance to drugs, so it sustains the fight against drug trafficking and promotes education of the population and prevention as strategies of confrontation.
Drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking is a phenomenon that worries the nations of the world and has been catalogued as a global problem. The high consumption of drugs each year, the consequences of drug trafficking, among other elements, demonstrate the negative impact and scope of drugs in society.
That is why it becomes necessary to fight prevention that seeks to create a world in which people can lead a full and healthy life.
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