The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants you to know that the drug landscape has changed. Drug use is more dangerous than ever before with the advent of fentanyl and the deceptive tactics used by drug organizations to drive dependency, which can eventually lead to addiction. 

Pink cocaine is a powdered mixture of substances, which is dyed pink, may have a sweet smell, and typically produces mind-altering, hallucinogenic effects.

Pink cocaine has also been referred to as tusi.  The original compound in tusi was 2C-B, a psychedelic phenylethylamine. Once 2C-B became harder to get, drug organizations shifted to a drug cocktail, which they dyed pink and sold as pink cocaine. 

Pink cocaine rarely contains 2C-B anymore, and the actual substances included in pink cocaine are not known until a sample is tested. It is likely, however, that pink cocaine contains no cocaine. DEA laboratory testing has identified pink powders containing combinations such as:

• Ketamine and MDMA
• Methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA
• Cocaine and fentanyl
• Fentanyl and xylazine

Click here to go to our Substance Use & Drugs web page to read the article from the DEA.