Poor Man’s Cocaine’  – IOTW Report

Poor Man’s Cocaine’ 

Bloomberg: Europe is bracing for the possible influx of a drug that’s hooked the Middle East as political shifts and crackdowns in the Gulf spur producers in Syria and Lebanon to tap new markets.

Selling for around $3 to $25 per tablet, the amphetamine-type pill captagon is primarily produced and trafficked by individuals and groups tied to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his ally the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, according to the US State Department and Treasury, the UK’s Foreign Office as well as independent researchers.

Already popular in parts of the Middle East with everyone from teenagers to low-income construction workers, the narcotic is easy to make. Called “the poor man’s cocaine,” it’s reported to trigger bursts of energy and productivity, wakefulness, euphoria as well as delusions and a sense of invincibility. The drug has also been associated with militants in Iraq and Syria. MORE

8 Comments on Poor Man’s Cocaine’ 

  1. “Selling for around $3 to $25 per tablet, the amphetamine-type pill captagon is primarily produced and trafficked by individuals and groups tied to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his ally the Lebanese militia Hezbollah”…

    So, the CIA then…

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  2. Forget ‘Europe’. KKKJoe Biden has capitalized on this and uses the US as a way station for illegal invaders, human traffickers, drug and gun smuggling while proclaiming himself the champion of the people (lolol). Truth be told Biden is nothing more than a treasonous menace and ineffective nitwit, aside to being a malignant tumor growing in America.

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  3. I remember 50 odd years back when Acid was available Ozly,Purple micro dot etc.But never was it deadly,maybe you spent the night hanging on in your mind but it did not kill you.
    Today it is a crap shoot,one pill can mean a death sentence.
    A close friend told me this.

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