ISIS Druggies Get DEMOLISHED

Source: AAN by: AAN Staff

ISIS Druggies Get DEMOLISHED
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A coalition led by U.S. Special Forces has destroyed a large drug cache previously controlled by ISIS.

The drugs had an estimated value of roughly one-and-a-half million dollars. (Military Times)


“Despite [ISIS’] facade of Islamic purity, its criminal terrorists are known drug users and traffickers,” the coalition said in its press release. “The cache included more than 300,000 pills of Captagon, an illegal drug frequently trafficked and used by [ISIS] members.”

Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-based drug that is banned in many countries. The drug keeps its user awake and alert for long periods of time and can help dull pain. The drug’s main ingredient is fenethylline, a chemical combination of amphetamine and theophylline.

Informally, the drug is sometimes referred to as the “Jihadi pill,” due to its reported popularity among ISIS militants.


The onset of the Syrian Civil War intensified drug trafficking overall and the enrichment of those unafraid to get their hands dirty.

It remains unclear if ISIS ever became a net-exporter of the drug, or remained primarily a consumer. Regardless, this wouldn't be the first time methamphetamine was used on soldiers as a combat performance-enhancing drug.

During World War II, the German Wehrmacht used stimulants en masse to reduce fear and fatigue. At a critical point in the Battle for France, Allied soldiers recalled German troops charging fearlessly towards machine gun nests.