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  •    Lying at the crossroads between Africa, Europe and Asia, Algeria has been a key African country of remarkable transit for all types of drugs and their continental distribution. The situation has got bit by bit further complicated in favour of drug spreading among the Algerian ordinary population, in spite of the major endavours displayed by security forces against illegal drug trafficking. Huge amounts of drug tons are daily seized by the police, customs, gendarmerie and military authorities who also constantly dismantle criminal drug networks; yet, Algeria is still continuously moving from a restricted drug-taking space to a more importantly drug-consuming country. Cities, villages, (primary, middle, high) schools and even universities are all, with no exception, witnessing the presence of psychotropic substances obtained from the Algerian market that is ever more immersed by cannabis, cocaine, heroin, opium, pills, and countless other drugs.