Captagon was a pharmaceutical drug created in Germany in the early 1960s to treat conditions like attention deficit disorder, then became a party drug in Eastern Europe. @npr looks at how it became a major source of funding for the Assad regime during Syria’s civil war.
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How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state
As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon.NPR
