Europe is bracing for the potential influx of a drug that has hooked the Middle East as political changes and crackdowns in the Gulf spur producers in Syria and Lebanon to tap into new markets.
Sale For around $3 to $25 per tablet, the amphetamine-type captagon pill is produced and trafficked primarily by individuals and groups linked to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his ally, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, according to the US Department of State and Treasurythe United Kingdom Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as independent researchers.