How Syria Became the Middle East’s Drug Dealer
How Syria Became the Middle East’s Drug Dealer
Bashar al-Assad has propped up his regime by exploiting the Middle East’s love of an amphetamine called captagon.
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what a fascinating essay into such a complicated story (and the access this reporter had to high level officials seems astounding).
now that the assad regime has fallen, surely the story will continue to evolve.
what likely won't change is the demand for social drugs, the failure of sanctions to achieve their outcomes and the levers of corruption that dictators will continue to use to stay in and exert power.
Published
2024
Summary
Bashar al-Assad has propped up his regime by exploiting the Middle East’s love of an amphetamine called captagon.
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