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Captagon is now Syria's biggest export by far, dwarfing all its legal exports put together, according to estimates drawn from official data. An amphetamine derived from a once-legal treatment for narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder, it has become a huge drug in the Gulf, with Saudi Arabia by far the biggest market ....
The amphetamine has become massive across the Middle East, fuelled by the Syrian dictator’s war machine. Now, he's being embraced by other leaders – if he cracks down on the drug. ....
Captagon is an amphetamine drug which was once prescribed for the treatment of narcolepsy and attention disorder. However, the once–legal drug has now turned into one of the major exports of Syria and according to AFP, the narcotics industry in the war-torn country is currently worth more than $10 billion. ....