Sitting at a crossroads in the Middle East, Syria has long been a transit point for drugs coming from Europe, Turkey and Lebanon and destined for Jordan, Iraq and the Gulf. (File photo: Reuters)
Captagon: The Amphetamine Fueling Syria's Civil War -- The Guardian
The drug, widely used in the Middle East but unknown elsewhere, is keeping fighters on their feet during gruelling battles and generating money for more weapons
As Syria sinks ever deeper into civil war, evidence is starting to emerge that a brutal and bloody conflict that has left more than 100,000 people dead and displaced as many as two million is now also being fuelled by both the export and consumption of rapidly increasing quantities of illegal drugs.
Separate investigations by the news agency Reuters and Time magazine have found that the growing trade in Syrian-made Captagon – an amphetamine widely consumed in the Middle East but almost unknown elsewhere – generated revenues of millions of dollars inside the country last year, some of which was almost certainly used to fund weapons, while combatants on both sides are reportedly turning to the stimulant to help them keep fighting.
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More News On The Use Of Amphetamines In Syria's Civil War
Insight - War turns Syria into major amphetamines producer, consumer -- Reuters
Syria's civil war being fought with fighters high on drugs -- The Telegraph
Stimulant drug fuels fighters -- New Zealand Herald
Syria Becomes "Major Amphetamines Exporter and Consumer" Amid Civil War -- Reason
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