World Drug Abuse Day 2020: UN calls for solidarity and awareness
New Delhi:
On the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the United Nations, in its message, declared that people around the world must have more solidarity and compassion to fight the threat that has destroys millions of lives, including young people. The theme for this year’s Drug Abuse Day is “Better Knowledge for Better Care”.
Unless people understand the magnitude of the problem and its impact on health, physical and mental, the world cannot fight drug abuse, the UN said.
About 35.6 million people worldwide are victims of drug abuse, according to the World Drug Report 2020 published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Young adults and adolescents make up the majority of those who use drugs, and most of them suffer from HIV, hepatitis C and other related diseases.
Only one in eight people who need treatment and rehabilitation is able to get it, according to the report.
The United Nations reaches out every year to people, non-profit organizations and countries to do more against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. On December 7, 1987, the United Nations General Assembly decided to celebrate June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in order to strengthen the measures taken to free society from the evils of drug abuse. drugs.
Many are addicted and want to quit smoking but cannot help themselves due to lack of awareness and social stigma. One in three drug users is a woman, but women represent only one in five in treatment, according to a UN report.
The number of deaths from drug use and related disorders has increased by 71% in the past decade, according to a UN report.
