By: Abdalateef Abdalrasoul The 21-year-old student, N. A., was engrossed in reading and studying university references, espec ...

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Fenethylline, the active compound in Captagon, was marketed as a milder alternative to amphetamines. However, its use was banned as its severe side effects and high addiction potential became evident.

Rebel fighters who are now part of Syria's new de facto government have been seizing and burning large shipments of Captagon. That's the addictive amphetamine drug that was mass-produced and sold ...

Rebel fighters who are now part of Syria's new de facto government have been destroying large shipments of Captagon, an addictive drug that was mass produced by the ousted Assad regime.

Captagon is the brand name of the drug fenethylline hydrochloride, initially created in the 1960s in West Germany to treat conditions like attention deficit disorder, depression and narcolepsy ...

Inside a so-called "soap factory" on the outskirts of Damascus, rebel fighters found "millions of Captagon pills and industrial quantities of precursor chemicals", said The Guardian – evidence ...

Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine used throughout the Middle East, with 80% of the world’s supply is produced in Syria. While armed groups involved in the civil war (including Islamic State) ...

According to the head of Jordan’s narcotics department the number of Captagon pills seized by Jordanian authorities doubled in 2021 from the prior 2020 year. The amount of Captagon seized has ...

The Syrian rebels who toppled the Assad regime and became the de facto rulers of Syria uncovered the clandestine scale of the Captagon industry linked to the Iran-led narcotics axis The author is ...