Liam Payne’s drug cocktail included pink cocaine that ‘melts you want wax doll’

Liam Payne had a cocktail of narcotics in his system when he tragically died last week, a preliminary toxicology report has revealed.

The 31-year-old singer had consumed a series of mind-altering substances, including the designer party drug ‘pink cocaine’, according to the partial autopsy. The hotel room where the tragedy unfolded was littered with white powder, tin foil and a smashed telly. An initial post-mortem revealed Liam suffered multiple injuries, including a skull fracture, leading to “internal and external haemorrhaging”.

The toxicology report, published by ABC on Monday (October 21), also hinted at traces of a class-A drug in his system, reported Infoebae. Yet, official police analysis of a white substance found in his hotel room have yielded “inconclusive” results to date.

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The outcome of a subsequent test employing chromatography, an advanced separation method, is currently awaited. Here is everything we know about the potent mixture of drugs found in the former One Direction’s system.

‘Pink cocaine’

Both TMZ and ABC News reported a group of drugs dubbed ‘pink cocaine’ was revealed by the toxicology report. The substance is also known as ‘tuci’, short for ‘tucibi’ and shouldn’t be confused with regular cocaine.

According to drugs expert Simcoe Rehab, pink cocaine is an umbrella term for a powerful concoction all mixed into one ‘pink substance’, which can include MDMA, ketamine and mescaline.

The substance has been dubbed “a designer party drug’ and is popular in certain South American countries. In a Vice documentary from 2022, the narrator explores the streets of Medellin, Columbia before encountering a reveller who describes the effects of it.

“When combined with a certain type of music, [tuci] you will feel like you’re melting like a wax doll,” the partygoer says. Elsewhere the narrator describes going on a night out in the city, where people are seen with “pink nose rings”.

The documentary states: “From Medellin’s elite clubbers to the cartel queens that run the underworld, all of a sudden everyone in Colombia seems to be snorting pink cocaine.”

Retired NBA player Lamar Odom today weighed in on the back of Payne’s toxicology report when approached for comment by TMZ. Odom was hospitalised in 2015 after overdosing in a Nevada brothel and has been sober for many years, now owning several recovery clinics.

“Drugs could cause you to hallucinate,” Odom said. “And if [Payne] was in a hallucination state, then who knows what would happen.”

‘Cristal’

Previously it was reported by TMZ that city law enforcement had hinted Payne may have been under the influence of ‘cristal’, a drug that is “known to cause psychotic attacks and hallucinations”.

However, as more information has emerged, it looks more probable the police used “cristal” in reference to the drug crystal meth.

‘More likely to be crystal meth’

Speaking to the Daily Star senior lecturer Dr. Gareth Nye, who specialises across a broad spectrum of health studies including physiology, claimed it was likely cops meant crystal methamphetamine when speaking about ‘cristal’.

“I’d imagine “Cristal” would be most likely a form of crystal methamphetamine,” he said. “Spanish translation being “glass”. It would be unlikely to be a unique drug with such a common name.”

‘Crystal Meth’ is “easy to want more and take larger doses over many hours or even days,” according to drugs information website Talk To Frank.

The website added: “Can increase risk taking, for example high risk sexual behaviour. Can lead to severe psychosis and increases the chance of heart attack or stroke.”

Cocaine

Associated Press reported an official – who remained anonymous – had claimed the preliminary toxicology report hinted at evidence of exposure to cocaine in Payne’s system.

The publication stressed these initial results aren’t an accurate reading of just how much was circulating in his blood when he passed away.

Clonazepam

Authorities also unearthed a blister pack of clonazepam, a central nervous system depressant among over-the-counter medications scattered among Payne’s belongings.

“Clonazepam is a drug prescribed for two major reasons – for those having seizures or for acute bouts of panic attacks. It’s a relaxant aiming to reduce muscle spasms or anxiety,” Dr. Gareth Nye told the Daily Star. “It has a range of serious side effects including suicidal behaviour, hallucinations and depression. These side effects are rare and not typical.”

He added: “Interestingly there have been studies showing clonazepam blocks the impact of methamphetamine and many users of these drugs use clonazepam to ease a comedown.”