Pink cocaine, described as an illicit “designer drug”, has been discovered by police in Texas, as its popularity continues to rise.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Houston Division, report a increased presence of ‘pink cocaine’ in Texas. The DEA said the drug, also referred to as ‘Tusi,’ was reported in Harris and Travis counties.
Brian Cole, a DEA assistant special agent, said their force had seized pink cocaine twice this year in downtown Austin. Mr Cole said drug traffickers dye it pink to make it look like it is a new drug.
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“It is a mixture of several different substances and that every batch is different,” he said. “Young people will be the ones who are most likely to come in contact with it and to purchase it.”
Pink cocaine contains meth, ketamine, fentanyl or something else. It has a sweet smell and is typically found in the club scene among 18-year-olds to 30-year-olds.
The drug has been hugely popular in South America for several years, distinctive for its luminously pink-powder form. Not to be confused with regular cocaine, the ‘pink’ version has been dubbed an ‘ultimate party drug’ with seedy marketers pushing it as ‘the sex drug’.
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The Daily Star was told by an expert the drug has been sighted in Ibiza, a party hotspot for Brits. Dr Robert Bunker said there are “reports it’s starting to show up in some areas of the UK for the party scene so it’s already spread well beyond Ibiza”.
According to a toxicology report, former One Direction singer Liam Payne reportedly had multiple drugs in his system, including “pink cocaine,” when he fatally fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
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