{"id":7065,"date":"2024-12-13T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/?p=7065"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:11:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:11:01","slug":"what-is-the-drug-captagon-and-how-is-it-linked-to-syrias-fallen-assad-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/what-is-the-drug-captagon-and-how-is-it-linked-to-syrias-fallen-assad-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the drug captagon and how is it linked to Syria\u2019s fallen Assad\u00a0regime?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"theconversation-article-body\">\n<p>  <span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/nicole-lee-81635\">Nicole Lee<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/curtin-university-873\">Curtin University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/13\/syrian-rebels-captagon-drug-haul-exports-fenethylline\">reportedly been uncovered<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The stockpiles, found by Syrian rebels, are believed to be linked to al-Assad military headquarters, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/11\/middleeast\/syria-captagon-assad-factory-video-intl\/index.html\">implicating the fallen regime<\/a> in the drug\u2019s manufacture and distribution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>But as we\u2019ll see, captagon was once a pharmaceutical drug, similar to some of the legally available stimulants we still use today for conditions including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).<\/p>\n<h2>Captagon was once a pharmaceutical<\/h2>\n<p>Captagon is the original brand name of an old synthetic pharmaceutical stimulant originally <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/\">made in Germany in the 1960s<\/a>. It was an alternative to amphetamine and methamphetamine, which were both used as medicines at the time. <\/p>\n<p>The drug has the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/compound\/Fenethylline\">active ingredient<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fenethylline\">fenethylline<\/a> and was initially marketed for conditions including <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/\">ADHD and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy<\/a>. It had a similar use to some of the legally available stimulants we still use today, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/adf.org.au\/drug-facts\/dexamphetamine\/\">dexamphetamine<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Captagon has <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/#:%7E:text=Captagon%2C%20related%20to%20amphetamines%2C%20enhances,%2Dbeing%2C%20and%20increase%20stamina.\">similar effects<\/a> to amphetamines. It increases dopamine in the brain, leading to feelings of wellbeing, pleasure and euphoria. It also improves focus, concentration and stamina. But it has a lot of unwanted side effects, such as low-level psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>The drug was originally sold mostly in the Middle East and parts of Europe. It was available over the counter (without a prescription) in Europe for a short time before it became prescription-only. <\/p>\n<p>It was approved only briefly in the United States before becoming a controlled substance in the 1980s, but was still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euda.europa.eu\/publications\/emcdda-papers\/captagon-understanding-todays-illicit-market_en\">legal<\/a> for the treatment of narcolepsy in many European countries until relatively recently.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugsandalcohol.ie\/39540\/1\/captagon-report_7september2023.pdf\">International Narcotics Control Board<\/a> pharmaceutical manufacture of Captagon had stopped by 2009.<\/p>\n<h2>The illicit trade took over<\/h2>\n<p>The illegally manufactured version is usually referred to as captagon (with a small c). It is sometimes called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/\">chemical courage<\/a>\u201d because it is thought to be used by soldiers in war-torn areas of the Middle East to help give them focus and energy. <\/p>\n<p>For instance, it\u2019s been reportedly found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatrictimes.com\/view\/the-captagon-controversy-and-why-it-captivates\">bodies of Hamas soldiers<\/a> during the conflict with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Its manufacture is relatively <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/#:%7E:text=Other%20side%20effects%20are%20tachycardia,interest%20in%20food%20%5B47%5D\">straightforward and inexpensive<\/a>, making it an obvious target for the black-market drug trade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/#:%7E:text=Other%20side%20effects%20are%20tachycardia,interest%20in%20food%20%5B47%5D\">Black-market captagon<\/a> is now nearly exclusively manufactured in Syria and surrounding countries such as <a href=\"https:\/\/globalinitiative.net\/analysis\/captagon\/\">Lebanon<\/a>. It\u2019s mostly used in the Middle East, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/captagon-drug-fuelling-gulf-party-scene-syrias-finances-2023-05-09\/\">recreationally<\/a> in some Gulf states.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10977473\/#:%7E:text=Other%20side%20effects%20are%20tachycardia,interest%20in%20food%20%5B47%5D\">commonly used illicit drugs<\/a> in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/karam_viz\/karam_online_publications\/Sky%20High-The%20Ensuing%20Narcotics%20Crisis%20in%20Arab%20Asia%20and%20the%20Role%20of%20the%20Assad%20Regime%2013%20June%202023.pdf?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template\">recent report<\/a> suggests captagon generated more than US$7.3 billion in Syria and Lebanon between 2020 and 2022 (about $2.4 billion a year).<\/p>\n<p>What we know about illicit drugs generally is that any seizures or crackdowns on manufacturing or sale have a very limited impact on the drug market because another manufacturer or distributor pops up to meet demand.<\/p>\n<p>So in all likelihood, given the size of the captagon market in the Middle East, these latest drug discoveries and seizures are likely to reduce manufacture only for a short time.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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More info: https:\/\/theconversation.com\/republishing-guidelines --><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/nicole-lee-81635\">Nicole Lee<\/a>, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/curtin-university-873\">Curtin University<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This article is republished from <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-is-the-drug-captagon-and-how-is-it-linked-to-syrias-fallen-assad-regime-245935\">original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicole Lee, Curtin University After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowu7GVCw:productID":"","_crdt_document":"","activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[722,8369,13670,13669,890,13668,995,1893,4197,13673,13672,13667,1488,13671,744,4332],"class_list":["post-7065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare","tag-creative-commons","tag-dopamine","tag-drug","tag-fenethylline","tag-germany","tag-illegal-drug-trade","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-melbourne","tag-nicole-lee","tag-nouh-zaiter","tag-stimulants","tag-syria","tag-syrian-captagon-industry","tag-united-states","tag-xanthines"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/file-20241212-21-gz8uf4-1024x683.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/file-20241212-21-gz8uf4-300x200.jpg","large":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/file-20241212-21-gz8uf4-1024x683.jpg"},"ams_acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the drug captagon and how is it linked to Syria\u2019s fallen Assad\u00a0regime? 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