المخدرات في الجزائر : واقع الظاهرة و إجراءات الوقاية

الملخص EN

Drug discovery dates back to distant time in ancient civilizations such as Iraquian, Egyptian, Indian and Chinese civilizations.

They differed about the appearance of Cannabis in which some references mentioned that Cannabis appeared in Asia and China in 2737 B.C.

Others mentioned that it appeared in Egypt since the 20 th century B.C.

where it was used for several purposes : religious, recreational and therapeutic.The dominant view shows that China was the first that used Cannabis 6000 ;years ago for medical purposes, but was not widely used outside medical purpose.

Unlike Cannabis and Opium, the Cocaine appeared first in Latin America before 2000 ;years in the Incas which was used only by clergymen and noble class.

Its consumption was done by chewing the leaves.

It was spread after Alfred Neiman was able to isolate the active ingredient from the plant.

It was widely used in the pharmaceutical industry and somefood drinks such as Coca Cola.

Concerning Opium, some resources indicate that its usage in medicine started from 7000 B.C.

and appeared in Sumerian paintings in 3300 B.C.

moving to India, China and Greece as Muslim doctors have described in their work as a medicine for some diseases.

As for the phenomenon in Algeria, the numbers vary.

If the National Anti-Narcotics Bureau mentioned 300.000, the head of the national organization for ^outh welfare doubts these numbers.

It is thus mentioned that a realistic number iscomposed of 180.000 addicts and 300.000 consumers which indicates 1% of the total population.

Professor Mustafa Khayati talks about 1 million ^oung people aged between 18-35 use drugs.

Additionally, Professor Khayati mentioned that 25000 ^oung persons are in prison because of drugs.

These rate increases from year to year.

The high number of users, addicts and the quantity of seized drugs indicate that the control strategy followed contain significant gaps and needs to reform particularly from the regularity side.

The effectiveness of this strategy starts from a plan based on accurate data about the types of drugs traded and the social groups targeted and the means used to promote and then proceed to set specific goals.

It should also be taken into consideration the weakness of abuse in different social groups.

The plan should be arranged to prevent non-smokers from entering the world of drug abuse through awareness programs and tutors should observe filial especially the target groups without neglecting the role of media and social networks in addition to the role of society and social groups in any plan to combat drugs.

Programs of social and economic support to vulnerable groups most susceptible to the phenomenon and program of social integration of these groups and combating social exclusion.

The comprehensive vision of the phenomenon should include an in-depth stud;y in order to reduce the apparent scale that threatens the entire society and social peace.