Stockpiles of Illicit Captagon Drug Discovered Near Damascus in Wake of Assad's Ousting
Stockpiles of the amphetamine-like drug fenethylline, known by its brand name Captagon, were recently discovered by opposition forces in Syria in the wake of former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power,
Know about drug Captagon, and how is it linked to Syria's Assad Regime?
Captagon was briefly approved in the United States before becoming a controlled substance in the 1980s. The drug remained legal for the treatment of narcolepsy in many European countries until recent times.
Drug captagon: What it is, how it links to Syria's fallen Assad regime
The drug has the active ingredient fenethylline and was initially marketed for conditions including ADHD and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy
New details of Captagon drug trade exposed with Assad regime's collapse
A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most popular street drugs in the Middle East and beyond.
What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the highly addictive drug Captagon
How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade
Assad's regime raked in $5 billion per year from the Captagon drug trade, dwarfing Syria's official budget and making it a lifeline for the bankrupted country. Imtiaz Tyab has new details about what was discovered about the trade after Assad's rule collapsed.
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What is Captagon, the synthetic stimulant that earned billions for the Assad regime in Syria?
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