Tiaret University Campaign Urges Reporting of Drug Traffickers and Focuses on Prevention

Efforts are underway at the University of Tiaret to combat drug and psychotropic substance abuse among students by encouraging a culture of reporting traffickers and seeking help. The institution's deputy director of scientific, sports, and cultural activities stated that coordination involves faculty administrations, preventive medicine, and campus housing to unify strategies against drug consumption. This initiative promotes notifying law enforcement about dealers and reporting users to help them undergo rehabilitation. Awareness activities are heavily driven by seventeen scientific clubs and specialized student teams. Dr. Chahinez Nezay from the Ibn-Khaldoun University preventive medicine unit noted that medical staff provide strictly confidential psychological and health care to students seeking treatment. During the event, representatives from the National Security and National Gendarmerie detailed new tactics used by traffickers to lure youth and minors, urging attendees to report suspected dealers. The program also featured a religious lecture on safeguarding society and individuals from this danger, alongside scientific conferences addressing penal laws, cognitive warfare and mind control, and psychological and social approaches to addiction prevention.