"I just wanted to forget all the misery and everything I lost," says Ahmad, a Syrian whose name has been changed as he wishes to remain anonymous. Ahmad turned to forbidden means to escape the anguish he was enduring in war-torn Syria. For years Ahmad was addicted to the drug commonly known as Captagon, a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant. Many people in the embattled country are like him. It is one of the countless consequences of the war, which will enter its 14th year in mid-March. The civ
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In Massachusetts, there’s no let up in the pace of deaths after a drug overdose. A state report out Wednesday showed the rate is expected to hold steady through the end of 2023. It was a grim reminder that overdoses remain one of the most challenging public health crises facing the state and the nation.