International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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The slogan of the UNODC anti-drugs campaign to be launched on 26 June, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, is "Do drugs control your life? Your life. Your community. No place for drugs." The slogan will be used for three years and focus on different aspects of drug control: drug abuse in 2007, drug cultivation and production in 2008, and illicit drug trafficking in 2009.
With this campaign, UNODC aims to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society. No individual, family or community is safe where illicit drugs take control. Drugs may control the body and mind of individual consumers, the drug crop and drug cartels may control farmers, illicit trafficking and crime may control communities.
The campaign's goal is to inspire people and mobilize support for drug control. The proposed overarching campaign and the generic slogan are flexible. For example, variations on the slogan could be used to suit different contexts.
Artistic Events: Do drugs control your creativity?; Sport Events: Do drugs control your game?; Baseball Caps: Do drugs control your brain?; T-shirts: Do drugs control your body?
Types of drugs under international control
UNODC and its campaign only focus on drugs subject to control, as specified in the three multilateral drug treaties that form the backbone of the international drug control system. These illicit drugs include amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), coca/cocaine, cannabis, hallucinogens, opiates, and sedative hypnotics.
Nearly 200 million people are using these drugs worldwide. Cannabis -marihuana, hashish, THC- leads by far with 162 million users. ATS -amphetamine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, methcathinone- follow with 35 million users. Globally, an estimated 16 million people use opiates -opium, morphine, heroin, synthetic opiates- and some 13 million people use cocaine.
Cocaine use in Western Europe is of particular concern, where consumption is reaching alarming levels. Cannabis, which is grown and used all over the world, is changing. The drug's potency has increased in recent years, and there are indications that cannabis-related mental health risks may have been underestimated. Opiate use levels along the trafficking routes originating from Afghanistan, the world's top opium producer, are the highest anywhere. ATS use in Asia is also a problem.
1998 UN General Assembly Special Session on the global drug problem
Nearly 10 years ago, the General Assembly adopted a political declaration on the global drug problem that said the following in its initial statement:
"Drugs destroy lives and communities, undermine sustainable human development and generate crime. Drugs affect all sectors of society in all countries; in particular, drug abuse affects the freedom and development of young people, the world's most valuable asset."
Drug abuse, production and trafficking were considered then and now as key areas to tackle in the fight against illicit drugs.
26 June message (all pdf) from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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Promotional Material
Note: The products listed below are presented in a low-resolution version. If you would like to use the logo or any of the listed materials during an event or as part of your local campaign, please fill out this form with your request and we will provide high-resolution files or hard copies (subject to availability). Photographs included in the brochure are also available in professional quality.
Brochure - Types of drugs under international control
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Fact Sheets
Chronology: 100 years of drug control - Arabic - Chinese - French - Russian - Spanish (pdf)
A century of drug control: Global health catastrophe prevented - but most vulnerable still face exclusion Arabic - Chinese - French - Russian - Spanish (pdf)
UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) 10 years on Arabic - Chinese - French - Russian - Spanish (pdf)
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Radio series: Drugs? Ask the experts
Have you ever wondered why cannabis is more dangerous for you than cigarettes? Whether you can become addicted to ecstasy or overdose on cocaine? Or what makes heroin such a dangerous drug? These questions and more are answered in the series Drugs? Ask the experts. UNODC has teamed up with a group of international teenagers to put their questions to the experts. In this series of interviews we put cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin under the spotlight. And talk frankly about the production, trafficking, and damaging effects of these illegal drugs.
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Logos - Do drugs control your life?
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