What is pink cocaine: A partial autopsy has revealed that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had multiple substances in his system when he plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Toxicology results show he had a mix of drugs including one called “pink cocaine.”
What is pink cocaine?
“The first piece that we almost always see in pink, or pink cocaine, is ketamine – a dissociative drug, something that makes people feel like they’re detached from reality,” former DEA agent Bill Bodner said. “The second component is psychedelics.”Its name comes from the bright pink color derived from food coloring and may include strawberry flavoring that can be taken as a pill or inhaled.Pink cocaine is also known by its street name “tusi” or “tuci” and acts as both a stimulant and a depressant.“Very, very cheap to make and they can kind of tailor the drug to what the drug user is looking for,” Bodner said.Pink cocaine got its start in Latin American nightclubs as a party drug.
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How it affects an individual?
“One of the things around mixtures such as this is people’s behavior might become unpredictable and they may do things that they wouldn’t have otherwise done,” said Dr. Brian Hurley, an addiction psychiatrist with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Growing popularity of pink cocaine
In America, law enforcement and public health officials are warning parents that the designer drug – with its bright color – is growing in popularity among its target audience of teens to young adults. “No matter where you live or how isolated you think you are from street drugs, now with social media with the smartphone, everyone lives in an open air drug market,” Bodner said.
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