864: Caroline Rose | Captagon and the New Age of Narco-Diplomacy

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🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

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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