Syria's Fallen Regime Linked To Black Market Drug Trade
Date
12/13/2024 1:10:14 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times)
After the fall of the al-Assad Regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered .
The stockpiles, found by Syrian rebels, are believed to be linked to al-Assad military headquarters, implicating the fallen regime in the drug's manufacture and distribution.
But as we'll see, captagon was once a Pharmaceutical drug, similar to some of the legally available stimulants we still use today for conditions including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Captagon was once a pharmaceutical
Captagon is the original brand name of an old synthetic pharmaceutical stimulant originally made in Germany in the 1960s . It was an alternative to amphetamine and methamphetamine, which were both used as medicines at the time.
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