Iraqi authorities seized record quantities of the potent stimulant captagon last year, at an estimated value of up to $144 million, with the country increasingly a critical drug conduit, a UN report said on July 22. “Iraq has been experiencing a dramatic surge in drug trafficking and consumption for the past five years,” according to...

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