Not So Pretty Pink Cocaine
Relatively new on the party scene, pink cocaine is a dangerous, unpredictable drug.
By Mark S Gold
Published by Psychology Today on October 20, 2024
Key points
• Pink cocaine, also known as 2C, tusi, or tucibi, is a polysubstance concoction.
• Often pink cocaine includes a mix of ketamine, ecstasy, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and novel designer drugs.
• The drug has gained notoriety from rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and his parties, and is also a popular club drug.
There’s a new-ish drug in town, highly dangerous and unpredictable, and causing effects from euphoria to seizures, anxiety, hallucinations, heart rate changes, and even cardiac arrest. Pink cocaine, also known as “tusi” or “tucibi,” is a designer drug containing no (or almost no) cocaine and a mix of psychoactive substances. The composition of the drug varies widely depending on the batch, but common ingredients include pink food coloring, ketamine (a dissociative anesthetic), MDMA (ecstasy), and methamphetamine. Other substances like caffeine, opioids, fentanyl, or novel designer drugs may be present, making it an even more unpredictable and dangerous drug. Pink cocaine is in the news again because Liam Payne’s autopsy revealed that he had pink cocaine in his body when he died.
