What Are 'Jihad Pills'?
ISIS fighters take the drug before going to war, but it’s most popular in Saudi Arabia.
by Mirren Gidda
Jun 02, 2017
2 minutes
In the past three months, investigators across Europe have intercepted thousands of Captagon pills, an amphetamine-based drug popular with the Islamic State militant group. Nicknamed “the jihadists’ drug,” Captagon keeps users awake for long periods of time, dulls pain and creates a sense of euphoria. According to one in 2014, ISIS “gave us drugs, hallucinogenic pills that would
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