TY - JOUR
T1 - Captagon: Use and Trade in the Middle East
AU - Al-Imam, Ahmed
AU - Santacroce, Rita
AU - Roman-Urrestarazu, Andres
AU - Chilcott, Robert
AU - Martinotti, G.
AU - Bersani, Giuseppe
AU - Corazza, Ornella
N1 - This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: ‘Captagon:
Use and Trade in the Middle East’, which has been published in final
form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2548/abstract .
This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
PY - 2017/5/31
Y1 - 2017/5/31
N2 - Fenetheylline, a psychostimulant drug, often branded as Captagon, is a combination of amphetamine and theophylline. Since the cessation of its legal production in 1986, counterfeited products have been produced illicitly in south-east Europe and far-east Asia. Its profitable trade has been linked to terrorist organizations, including Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This study aims to reach up-to-date data, concerning the Captagon e-commerce and use in the Middle East.
AB - Fenetheylline, a psychostimulant drug, often branded as Captagon, is a combination of amphetamine and theophylline. Since the cessation of its legal production in 1986, counterfeited products have been produced illicitly in south-east Europe and far-east Asia. Its profitable trade has been linked to terrorist organizations, including Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This study aims to reach up-to-date data, concerning the Captagon e-commerce and use in the Middle East.
U2 - 10.1002/hup.2548
DO - 10.1002/hup.2548
M3 - Article
SN - 0885-6222
VL - 32
JO - Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
JF - Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
IS - 3
M1 - e2548
ER -