Assad's fall upends Captagon drug empire

What Assad's fall has revealed about Syria's trade in stimulant drug Captagon
Since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, industrial-scale manufacturing facilities of the amphetamine-like stimulant Captagon have been uncovered around the country, which experts say fed a $10 billion annual global trade in the highly addictive drug.
New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime
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.
Assad's fall upends the Captagon drug empire
As they pushed towards victory in early December, rebel forces in Syria uncovered the true extent of the Assad regime's worst-kept secret: its involvement in the production and trade of the powerful – and illegal – stimulant, Captagon. Inside a so ...
Captagon explained: the highly addictive drug linked to Syria
Assad's regime, opposition fighters in Damascus uncovered large stashes of Captagon, a powerful amphetamine long mass-produced in Syria. Known for its highly addictive properties, Captagon became one of the country's most lucrative illicit exports,
Assad’s fall reveals Captagon drug trade in Syria: Everything you need to know
The Captagon trade began industrialising around 2018-2019 as the Assad regime — and other armed groups in Syria -- invested in production facilities, warehouses, and trafficking networks
Discovery of vast Syrian drug lab reveals secrets of illicit captagon trade
Known as "poor man's cocaine," captagon is an addictive amphetamine-like stimulant banned in many countries but worth billions of dollars in trade.
How Syria's Assad propped up the Captagon drug trade
Analysts estimate Bashar al-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 ...
What Is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant That Made al-Assad’s Syria a Narcostate?
The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria’s biggest export during its 13-year civil war.
Psychedelics rejected, Captagon factories and "pink cocaine": The drugs that defined 2024
Psychedelic industry faced setbacks, cannabis was almost rescheduled and overdose deaths dropped — but not for all ...
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Bombed aircraft, empty cells, burned Captagon pills at former Assad regime’s airbase
The scene at the Mezzeh Air Base on the outskirts of Damascus perfectly sums up the first ten days after the fall of Syrian ...
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What will happen to al-Assad’s Captagon empire now?
Over the past decade, the al-Assad government has been accused of being the principal purveyor of Captagon, a highly ...
What is Captagon, the synthetic stimulant that earned billions for the Assad regime in Syria?
Captagon trade under the Assad regime generated billions annually for Syria, according to a 2023 study by the nonprofit ...