There is some evidence the killers who struck in Paris last Friday may have been high on the drug, which is produced by ISIS chemists and sells across Syria and the Middle East for as little as 90p a tablet.
Captagon, the trade name of a now banned German drug designed to treat ADHD, has in it’s copy-cat home-made form, for years been the narcotic of choice for many in the Middle East.
The drug, whose generic name is Fenethylline, increases aggression at higher doses and abusers can have aural and visual hallucinations, psychotic episodes or extreme dysphoria that manifests as paranoia or depression. It also carries the risk of heart failure or brain haemorrhages, followed by death.
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