{"id":12002,"date":"2023-06-11T02:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T21:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12002"},"modified":"2025-03-30T06:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T01:14:48","slug":"what-is-captagon-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-captagon-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Captagon pill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Captagon pill:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a highly <strong>addictive amphetamine-type drug<\/strong>, which is produced mainly in Syria.<\/li>\n<li>The original Captagon <strong>contained fenetylline,<\/strong> a synthetic drug of the phenethylamine family to which amphetamine also belongs.<\/li>\n<li>It was commercially sold in several countries until the 1980s and was banned due to <strong>fears of its highly addictive nature.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What do amphetamine-based drugs do?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>stimulate the central nervous system<\/strong>, providing a boost of energy, enhance someone\u2019s focus, let someone stay awake for longer periods of time, and produce a feeling of euphoria.<\/li>\n<li>These type drugs usually stay in the blood for around 36 hours.<\/li>\n<li>When taken orally, their peak effect occurs one to three hours after consumption, and effects last for as long as seven to 12 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What are the side effects?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>They can cause <strong>loss of appetite and weight, heart problems<\/strong> such as fast heart rate, irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, and heart attack, which can lead to death.<\/li>\n<li>They can also <strong>cause high body temperature<\/strong>, skin flushing, memory loss, problems thinking clearly, and stroke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is central nervous system?<\/h3>\n<p>The central nervous system (CNS) is a major division of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord. It plays a vital role in coordinating and controlling the activities of the body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-global\/captagon-pills-crisis-what-are-amphetamine-based-drugs-and-why-have-they-been-used-by-militaries-around-the-world-8656184\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Captagon pills crisis: What are amphetamine-based drugs and why have they been used by militaries around the world?<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captagon pill is a highly addictive amphetamine-type drug, which is produced mainly in Syria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}