Captagon
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 Captagon  (amphetamine, drug)   | |
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| Start | 1961 |
| Interest of | Radwan Mortada |
| An amphetamine widely used by soldiers especially in the middle east. | |
Fenethylline (BAN, USAN) is a codrug of amphetamine and theophylline which behaves as a prodrug to both of the aforementioned drugs. It is also spelled phenethylline and fenetylline (INN); other names for it are amphetaminoethyltheophylline and amfetyline. The drug was marketed for use as a psychostimulant under the brand names Captagon, Biocapton, and Fitton.[1][2]
Production
Smuggling
A Saudi prince, Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz, was arrested in Syria with 2 tons of illegal drugs on board his private jet,[4] a record seizure in Beirut.[5]
Battlefield use
Yes, in the Middle East especially.[6] CBC termed it "the nightmare drug fuelling Syria's civil war".[7]
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References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=x2Su3GKCvtsC&pg=PA3140
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=5GpcTQD_L2oC&pg=PA431
- ↑ https://globalinitiative.net/captagon/
- ↑ http://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-prince-arrested-at-beirut-airport-with-2-tons-of-drugs/210651/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34700489
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34700489
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-340-amphetamines-in-syria-stanley-cup-bassist-noriega-s-pen-pal-subversive-board-games-and-more-1.4139584/meet-captagon-the-nightmare-drug-fuelling-syria-s-civil-war-1.4139601
