Syrians turning to drugs to escape the misery of an ongoing civil war

"I just wanted to forget all the misery and everything I lost," says Ahmad, a Syrian whose name has been changed as he wishes to remain anonymous. Ahmad turned to forbidden means to escape the anguish he was enduring in war-torn Syria. For years Ahmad was addicted to the drug commonly known as Captagon, a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant. Many people in the embattled country are like him. It is one of the countless consequences of the war, which will enter its 14th year in mid-March. The civil war in Syria began in March 2011 with anti-government protests that were put down violently by th...