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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by ReptileMan on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:14PM (#27920688)
>IN THE DUNES north of Riyadh, the Saudi capital, the sun sets and the party begins. Girls discard their abayas, the black shrouds that envelop them in public, and begin jiving to techno music with boys. A few swig from bottles, but most prefer Captagon pills, nowadays the Gulf’s favourite drug, at $25 a pop. They call it Abu Hilalain (Father of Two Half-moons), after the two letter “c”s (for Captagon) embossed on the pills. Part of the amphetamine family, it can have a similar effect to Viagra—and conquers sleep. “With one pill,” says a raver, “we can dance all weekend.”

Can anyone that is on the ground please confirm this. Party scene in KSA outside of the state inside the state that is Aramco seems like fiction.

Re:Syria has become a narco-state by oh_sigh on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:24PM (#27920867)
There are thousands of princes who each get millions of dollars per year stipend with absolutely no responsibility. So yes, there absolutely is a huge party scene in the kingdom, so long as you aren't poor or conservative/religious.
Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Scoundreller on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:19PM (#27920786)
> Part of the amphetamine family, it can have a similar effect to Viagra

I don’t think the writer knows what viagra does.

Re:Syria has become a narco-state by elil17 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:44PM (#27921171)
The drug is a vasodilator, whereas most amphetamines are vasoconstrictors.
Re:Syria has become a narco-state by throwaway0a5e on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:13PM (#27921566)
Hence the "unsafe drop in blood pressure" disclaimer.
Re:Syria has become a narco-state by lyaa on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:19PM (#27920787)
I second the request for confirmation. It does sound like fiction to me too.
Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Scoundreller on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:22PM (#27920842)
I’d have believed it if it were indoors, but out in the open seems excessively risky. At least that’s how it works in other “dry” countries.

Though I dunno the living conditions of wealthy saudis outside of aramco compounds (or do the wealthy live there too?)

Re:Syria has become a narco-state by jessaustin on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:09PM (#27921515)
Any M5M piece about Syria is automatically suspect. Recall how sure they were about Douma chlorine attacks, etc. Perhaps even worse than reporting fake crap are the true, relevant facts they leave out. TFA doesn't even mention the nation (USA) that currently occupies the resource-rich eastern third of the nation. Even the linked "War is Bad" article displays a map that pretends it's actually "Kurds" who are currently in control of all the oil and grain that Syria produces. These clowns weren't mad at Trump for the occupation, since Biden has continued it. They were just mad that Trump talked about the occupation.
Re:Syria has become a narco-state by baybal2 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:23PM (#27920856)
Go, and look what you get on Tinder, say somewhere in Jeddah...
Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Scoundreller on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:33PM (#27921010)
I won’t, but what?