Today :Day Against Drug Abuse

   The United Nations' (UN) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking falls on June 26 each year to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society.
   It is observed annually on 26 June, since 1988, a date chosen to commemorate.Lin Zexu 's dismantling of the opium trade in Humen , Guangdong , just before the First Opium War in China.
   The observance was instituted by General Assembly Resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987.The UN's 2007 World Drug Report  puts the value of the illegal drug trade at US$322 billion a year.