What is This Deadly Pink Cocaine Found in Texas?
According to MY SA, The Drug Enforcement Administration has located this hot pink powder in multiple Texas counties like Harris and Travis.
What is Pink Cocaine?
Pink cocaine can often go by another name, "Tusi". This is because the main compound in the original formula was 2C-B, a psychedelic component.
However, as the DEA states on their website, once 2C-B became harder to obtain, distributors shifted their focus on creating drug cocktails that they then dyed pink for more visual appeal.
Side effects of consuming this particular substance can vary from mind-altering psychedelic trips to fatal responses.
Why is Pink Cocaine Dangerous?
The reason for so much attention and danger surrounding this substance is because it's not just one drug. In fact, every batch of pink cocaine seized by the DEA is comprised of a medley of dangerous drugs, according to Special Agent Brian Cole in an interview with KXAN.
The DEA indicates that the following drug cocktails have been identified in batches of pink cocaine:
- Ketamine and MDMA
- Meth, ketamine and MDMA
- Cocaine and fentanyl
- Fentanyl and xylazine
As of now, pink cocaine is not street common across Texas. Local law enforcement is more likely to find this drug combination on the retail level, according to the DEA.
The DEA also wants to spread a message to all Americans. They say that the drug landscape has truly changed. Drug use is now more dangerous than ever with such concoctions as pink cocaine and others designed to appeal to a larger audience.
Stay alert, Texas. Be safe.
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