{"id":19535,"date":"2025-06-28T17:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=19535"},"modified":"2025-06-28T17:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:42:30","slug":"international-day-against-drug-abuse-2025-date-theme-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/06\/international-day-against-drug-abuse-2025-date-theme-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day Against Drug Abuse 2025: Date, theme, and why it matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Sarjna Rai –<\/span> New Delhi – <\/span>\u00a0Jun 26 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Observed on June 26, the day raises global awareness about drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The 2025 theme, “Break the Cycle. #StopOrganisedCrime,” calls for long-term action and reform<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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World Drug Day 2025 theme, \u201cBreak the Cycle. #StopOrganizedCrime,\u201d urges global action against drug abuse and illicit trafficking.(Photo: Adobestock)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Every year on 26 June, the world observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking\u2014also known as \u201cWorld Drug Day\u201d\u2014to raise awareness of the global drug crisis and promote multilateral action toward prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.<\/span><\/div>\n

History & Theme<\/span><\/h3>\n
On December 7, 1987, the General Assembly of the United Nations set aside the 26th day of June of each year as International Day Against Illicit Trafficking of Drugs and other Substances of Abuse to be observed worldwide.\u00a0<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n
The theme for 2025,\u00a0Break the Cycle. #StopOrganisedCrime<\/strong>, emphasises the significance of focused long-term action to disrupt the link between drug trafficking and organised crime, both of which fuel violence, corruption, and instability across regions.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cPrevention and preparedness are how we break the cycle of organised crime.\u201d@GhadaFathiWaly\u00a0calls for the critical need to\u00a0#InvestInPrevention, to protect people from drug use and empower communities to live in safety and dignity.#WorldDrugDay\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/GoZviVutAV<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 UN Office on Drugs & Crime (@UNODC)\u00a0June 26, 2025<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/health\/international-day-against-drug-abuse-2025-theme-history-significance-125062600553_1.html<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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by Sarjna Rai – New Delhi – \u00a0Jun 26 2025\u00a0 Observed on June 26, the day raises global awareness about drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The 2025 theme, “Break the Cycle. #StopOrganisedCrime,” calls for long-term action and reform World Drug Day 2025 theme, \u201cBreak the Cycle. #StopOrganizedCrime,\u201d urges global action against drug abuse and illicit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,17,18,20,139,128,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-canada","category-europe-uk","category-new-zealand","category-others","category-strategy-and-policy","category-uk","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}