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Jul 2023
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864: Caroline Rose | Captagon and the Ne...

Jordan Harbinger
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New Lines Institute's Caroline Rose explains how captagon, a drug you may have never heard of, is propping up genocidal regimes in the Middle East.

What We Discuss with Caroline Rose:
  • What is captagon? Where did it originate, what are its effects, and why don't we hear about it in the United States?
  • How captagon — with a potential trade value of over $5.7 billion annually — has transformed Assad's Syria into a Mediterranean narco-state.
  • Who uses captagon on such a massive scale, and how is it manufactured and smuggled across borders?
  • Why is Syria allowed a seat at INTERPOL, the organization established to reign in international crime — like the captagon trade?
  • What can be done to stem the tide of captagon and prevent it from expanding its range and influence even further?
  • And much more...

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