Why do you want to set the International Anti-Drug Day on June 26th?

The reason why June 26th was designated as the International Anti-Drug Day was that the destruction of opium in Humen more than 100 years ago shocked China and foreign countries, and set up the first monument in the history of drug control in the world. Lin Zexu is not only a hero in China, but also enjoys a high reputation in the world. The League of Nations, the predecessor of the United Nations, designated June 3rd as the International No Tobacco Day.

1In June, 1987, the United Nations held a ministerial conference on drug abuse and illegal trafficking in Vienna, Austria, and suggested that June 26th every year be designated as the International Day against Drugs. On February 65438 of the same year, the 42nd UN General Assembly passed a resolution to officially designate June 26th, the day after the destruction of opium in Humen, as the International Anti-Drug Day.

Every June, it should be the time to remember Lin Zexu, a great man in Zuohai. 1On June 3, 839, Lin Zexu led the first large-scale drug destruction campaign in human history-"Destroying Opium in Humen"; 1On June 7th, 996, Chen Jiansheng, an astronomer from Fujian Province, discovered an asteroid and suggested naming it "Lin Zexu Star". Especially after the United Nations Ministerial International Conference on Drug Control adopted 1988 to designate June 26th as "International Anti-Drug Day", people will think of Lin Zexu, an international pioneer in drug control, and commemorate this national hero in various forms at this time of year.