The US and "Israel"-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been accused of distributing flour laced with opioid drugs, the latest scandal to have dogged the controversial food distribution group.

Although the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which oversaw drug production and smuggling, has fallen, remnants of his networks are still active and continue to pose a threat to Syria’s neighbors, especially Jordan.

The fate of the drug trade in the Middle East is now in question after the downfall of Assad and the destruction of Hezbollah, along with the death of Nasrallah, whose era witnessed an unprecedented flow of narcotics into the Arab world.

Nearly half of American adults—46%—have suffered from substance abuse issues within their families, highlighting the pervasive nature of substance abuse across the United States, with 36% of Americans indicating that alcohol has caused trouble in their families, and 28% saying the same about drugs.

The inability to secure to purchase essential medication due to soaring prices has made patients victims of the Syrian government's policies, which have left drug prices subject to the fluctuations of the dollar and the plummeting lira, without stabilizing the price to protect public health.