Pink cocaine
Tusi, also known as "pink cocaine," dyed with food coloring | |
| Combination of | |
|---|---|
| Ketamine | Dissociative |
| MDMA | Empathogen |
| Methamphetamine | Stimulant |
| Cocaine | Stimulant |
| Eutylone | Stimulant |
| Oxycodone | Opioid |
| Clinical data | |
| Other names | pink cocaine, tuci, tucci, tussi, tucibi |
| Routes of administration | By mouth (oral), inhalation, insufflation |
| ATC code |
|
| Legal status | |
| Legal status |
|
| Pharmacokinetic data | |
| Bioavailability | depends on combination |
| Metabolism | depends on combination |
| Metabolites | depends on combination |
| Onset of action |
|
| Elimination half-life | range 5–30 hours; irrespective of route |
| Excretion | Primarily kidney |
Pink cocaine, also called Tusi is a new drug that is a mix of many drugs.[1][2][3] It contains many different drugs and not always the same drugs. It usually contains Ketamine and MDMA. Sometimes it contains other drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, caffeine, cathinones and others.[2] It is dangerous because you cannot know what is in the drug.[1][2] This makes overdose very common, especially if Fentanyl is mixed with it.[4][5] A user cannot know how they will react to it each time they take it.[6]
It is not naturally pink. Dealers add pink food coloring to it to make it look unique.[7][8][9]
Liam Payne died after using it.[10]
It is called Tusi because it sometimes has a drug called 2C-B in it.[1][2][3] But most samples of pink cocaine have no 2C-B in them.[2]
What is in pink cocaine
Here is data on what was in pink cocaine between 2019 and 2022:[1]
94% Ketamine does not mean the drug is 94% Ketamine, it means that 94% of tested samples had Ketamine in them.
| Substance | Drug class | Percentage of samples |
|---|---|---|
| Ketamine | Dissociative anaesthetic | 94.7% |
| Ketamine precursor | Dissociative anaesthetic (precursor) | 84.2% |
| MDMA | Empathogen/Entactogen, Stimulant | 63.2% |
| Caffeine | Stimulant | 52.6% |
| Methamphetamine | Stimulant | 15.8% |
| Cocaine | Stimulant | 10.5% |
| MDA | Empathogen/Entactogen, Stimulant | 10.5% |
| Oxycodone | Opioid | 10.5% |
| Eutylone (bk-EBDB) | Empathogen/Entactogen, Cathinone | 10.5% |
| Levamisole | Antihelminthic (often used as an adulterant) | 10.5% |
| DMT | Psychedelic | 5.3% |
| Lidocaine | Local anaesthetic (often used as an adulterant) | 5.3% |
| Tramadol | Opioid, analgesic | 5.3% |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Palamar JJ (September 2023). "Tusi: a new ketamine concoction complicating the drug landscape". The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 49 (5): 546–550. doi:10.1080/00952990.2023.2207716. PMC 10636235. PMID 37162319.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "'Tuci', 'happy water', 'k-powdered milk' – is the illicit market for ketamine expanding?" (PDF). UN Global Smart Update. 27. United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (published 2022-12-09): 12. 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ALERT: Powder sold as pink tusi found on-site at Lost Village 2022". The Loop. 2022 [August 28]. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ Barbaro, Lisa; Bouchard, Jacob L. (2024-12-12). "What Is Pink Cocaine? The Dark Reality behind a Colorful Name". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67 (23): 20733–20736. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02821. ISSN 0022-2623.
- ↑ reporter, Jennifer Bisram Jennifer Bisram is an award-winning; aging, anchor who joined CBS News New York in 2022 She covers; caregiving; Crime, As Well as; Bisram, community stories Read Full Bio Jennifer (2024-10-16). "Feds warn about pink cocaine, also known as Tusi, in NYC. Here's what to know. - CBS New York". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ https://www.dea.gov/pink-cocaine
- ↑ "What is pink cocaine or 'tusi'? A highly dangerous cocktail for your health". National Geographic Spain (in Spanish). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/espanol/eeuu/articulo/2024-10-27/que-es-la-droga-recreativa-conocida-como-cocaina-rosa-o-tusi%7C
- ↑ Iporre, Nicole (2024-10-24). "What is pink cocaine or "tusi", the drug linked to the cases of Diddy and Liam Payne". La Tercera. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
- ↑ "What is 'pink cocaine'? Explaining the drug cocktail linked to Liam Payne's death". NBC News. 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
Other websites
- "Pink Cocaine". Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).