Singapore has designated every third Friday of May each year as Drug Victims Remembrance Day. The significance of this day is to remember the victims of drugs by creating awareness of how family and society, apart from abusers, are harmed by drugs. The inaugural commemoration will take place on 17 May 2024.

Microsite

Enter the microsite to learn more about the campaign and its activities. Watch the films, listen to the stories from victims of drug abuse, and make a promise to your loved ones to stay drug-free. Click here to enter microsite.

Resources

The global drug situation is worsening. More drugs are being produced and more countries are taking a softer approach towards drug control. Lobbying by drug producers and other groups with a similar interest to liberalise the drug regime, through well-funded marketing campaigns, has also shifted public attitudes towards drugs. Read about and stay informed on the global drug landscape and the impact that softening drug control has had on countries.  

Thailand:

• Thailand to ban recreational cannabis use by year-end, health minister says (29 Feb 2024)
• FDA Warns of Risks as Children are Hospitalized for Consuming High-THC Cannabis Cookies in Thailand (30 Mar 2023)
• Photos of kids as young as 9 smoking cannabis on Pattaya Beach spark outrage (6 Dec 2022)
• Five teens, 3-yr-old girl suffer from cannabis side effects: doctor (29 Jun 2022)

Oregon:

• Oregon recriminalizes drug possession after overdoses rocket (3 Apr 2024)
• Oregon governor to sign bill recriminalizing drug use (9 Mar 2024)
• Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. Now It’s Reversing course. (2 Mar 2024)
• Oregon lawmakers tell Gov. Tina Kotek to call state of emergency over Measure 110 (14 Nov 2023)

Ecuador:

• How Ecuador went from tourist haven to a nation in the grip of gangs (10 Apr 2024)
• Ecuador copes with rising violence and organized crime (18 Jan 2024)
• Drug traffickers groom children as young as 10 at “school of assassins” in Ecuador (16 May 2022)