- Wafaa Keshi, head of the Syrian Pharmacists Syndicate, warned against an increase in demand for tranquilizers among Syrians.
- Some drug distributors are using the names and seals of pharmacies that have closed down or whose owners have moved to other governorates or outside the country, to register under their names and get their share of tranquilizers to sell them to other pharmacies without registering them in the Health Ministry’s records.
<span>Narcotic sales on rise in Syria</span>
