[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, called at a Council of Ministers meeting he chaired Sunday, for the adoption of a comprehensive approach in the fight against drugs, starting by setting up mechanisms to curb this scourge through awareness-raising, monitoring and treatment, and by taking coercive measures and imposing the toughest penalties against drug traffickers and consumers, the Council of Ministers said in a statement.