المعالجة القانونية لجريمة استهلاك المخدرات : (وفقا للقانون 04-18)‎

الملخص EN

The drug scourge is one of the most dangerous scourges affecting societies, and Algeria did not hesitate to fight it, so it was one of the first countries to join the various international conventions combating this scourge in all its forms (crimes) since 1963, and from a legislative point of view, the Public Health Law was issued in 1976, which dealt some texts related to drugs titled “Toxic Substances” as well as the order in the Health and Promotion Law of 1985, nevertheless, drug Related-crimes continued to escalate which led the legislator to issue a drug-crimes related law in 2004 that aims to prevent drugs and their effect on the mind and to suppress the illegal use and trafficking in them.

The legislator also see that punishment is not the most appropriate solution for some crimes, and that my applies on the drug consumption crime that the legislator has established through the law 18-04 That's why the legislator decided to make it in front of two options, either punishment or treatment