News Saudi Arabia is becoming the drug capital of the Middle East

[thegreenhand]

Saudi Arabia is becoming the drug capital of the Middle East​

Adam Pourahmadi, Abbas Al Lawati
CNN
2 Sep 2022

Excerpt:

London and Abu Dhabi (CNN) A grisly drug-induced homicide captivated the media in Saudi Arabia this April, when a man in the country's Eastern Province set his family house on fire before iftar, the meal that ends the Ramadan fast. Four members of his family were killed.

Police said he was under the influence of shabu, a methamphetamine, according to local papers.

Saudi media has been sounding the alarm lately over the rise in drug use, with one columnist describing shipments of narcotics to the kingdom as an "open war against us, more dangerous than any other war."

 

[S.J.B.]

Somehow I doubt it has already caught up with Iran, but I'm glad the news outlets have finally gotten the story straight on the "Captagon" tablets containing amphetamine and not fenethylline.

 

[Shady's Fox]

wasn't Egypt holding guiness records for OD's?