Abandoned factory reveals Captagon
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•New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime
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Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-type stimulant.
Analysts estimate the Assad regime raked in $5 billion per year from the trade.
The drug costs just pennies to make but can sell for up to $20 for a single tablet.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned several Syrians for their alleged involvement in the drug.
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