How did a country left in ruins turned into a narco state. Ghadi Francis tells about Syria's drug trade tale on this week's The West Asia Post.

The West Asia Post: How Syria became Narco state?

In Syria, after more than a decade of civil war, the narcotics business had taken place to thrive in the country already struggling. The Captagon drug has turned Syria into the world's latest narco state. Watch this video to know more.

How Captagon is turning Syria into a 'narco-state'?

Captagon is an amphetamine drug which was once prescribed for the treatment of narcolepsy and attention disorder. However, the once–legal drug has now turned into one of the major exports of Syria and according to AFP, the narcotics industry in the war-torn country is currently worth more than $10 billion.

Captagon: The one drug turning war-torn Syria into a narco state

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