In the late 1980 s, the drug problem worse, spread all over the world. The spread of drugs directly endanger human health of body and mind, and bring great threat to economic development and social progress.
The number of people around the world to take a variety of drugs is as high as 200 million, each year in the United States alone, nearly 500000 people died because of drug use. Induced by drug trafficking, drug use of theft, robbery, fraud, prostitution and all sorts of serious violence crime serious harm the public order in many countries and regions. In some places, drug trafficking, terrorist and underworld, undermine the stability of the constitute. More than the world drug trade amounted to $500 billion a year, is second only to arms and higher than the world's second big business. Big drug money flows directly or indirectly threaten the normal operation of international economy.
In view of the increasingly serious situation, June 12, 1987, on the advice of the secretary-general of the United Nations, in the Austrian capital Vienna held "the problem of drug abuse and illicit trafficking international conference", this is anti-drug international ministerial meeting, there are more than 3000 delegates from 138 countries, and discuss the problem of drug abuse and illicit trafficking.
On the anti-drug international conference on an unprecedented scale, anti-drug activities was adopted at the meeting of the comprehensive multidisciplinary program, to governments and organizations the anti-drug campaign in the future was put forward to carry out comprehensive treatment recommendations. The meeting proposed "cherish life, stay away from drugs" slogan.
At the end of the meeting on June 26,, in order to further to the attention of the countries and regions of the drug problem, called for the common people all over the world to resist drugs, and fought resolutely against the drug crime, also in order to commemorate this significant international anti-drug meeting, the delegates unanimously recommended, will be on June 26 as the international day of every year. The proposal adopted by the United Nations. The 42nd session of the general assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution, formally determine each year on June 26 for "antidrug abuse and illicit trafficking international day".
From then on, every year on June 26, became "international anti-drug day."
中文翻译：
20世纪80年月后期，毒品问题愈演愈烈，舒展全球。毒品的泛滥直接伤害人类的身心健康，并给经济成长和社会提高带来伟大威逼。
全世界吸食各类毒品的人数高达2亿，仅美国每年就有近50万人因吸毒丧生。由贩毒、吸毒诱发的偷盗、掳掠、欺骗、卖淫和各类恶性暴力犯法严重伤害着很多国度和地域的治安秩序。有些处所，贩毒、恐惧、黑社会三位一体，已组成损坏国度稳固的身分。全世界每年毒品生意业务额达5000亿美元以上，是仅次于军械而高于石油的世界第二年夜宗生意。巨额的毒资流动直接或间接地威逼国际经济的正常运转。
鉴于日益严格的形势，1987年6月12日，依据结合国秘书长的建议，在奥地利首都维也纳召开了“麻醉品滥用和不法贩运的问题国际会议”，这是部长级禁毒国际会议，有138个国度的3000多名代表加入，评论辩论麻醉品滥用和不法贩运问题。
在此次范围空前的禁毒国际会议上，会议经由过程了禁毒运动的《综合性多学科纲领》，向列国当局和组织提出了往后的禁毒运动中开展综合治理的建议。会议提出了“珍重性命，远离毒品”的标语。
6月26日年夜会停止时，为了进一步引起列国、各地域对毒品问题的看重，号令全世界国民配合抵抗毒品的侵袭，与毒品犯法运动作果断的奋斗，也为了纪念此次意义重年夜的国际禁毒会议，与会代表一致建议，将每年的6月26日定为国际禁毒日。这项建议被结合国采用。昔时召开的第42届结合国年夜会经由过程决定，正式肯定每年的6月26日为“反麻醉品的滥用和不法贩运国际日”。
从此，每年的6月26日就成为“国际禁毒日”。