Historique
Article de Périodique
When pink powders shift the drug landscape: tusi ("pink cocaine") and other colored powders (2025)
Auteur(s) :
FITZGERALD, N. D. ;
ABUKAHOK, N. ;
PALAMAR, J. J.
Année
2025
Page(s) :
art. 105044
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
;
PHENOMENE EMERGENT
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
ANALYSE CHIMIQUE
;
SAISIE
;
EVOLUTION
Résumé :
"Tusi," also known as "tusibi" or "pink cocaine," is a powder drug concoction that has grown in popularity in nightlife scenes across Latin America, parts of Europe, and, increasingly, in parts of the US. Despite its common names, tusi typically contains neither the psychedelic phenethylamine 2C-B nor cocaine (Palamar, 2023). Instead, tusi typically contains a combination of drugs such as ketamine, MDMA, and caffeine, which are mixed with dyes to create the powder’s distinctive colored appearance (most frequently pink) (Échele Cabeza, 2023; Fernández Piedra et al., 2025). While these three drugs are most commonly detected in tusi, a wide variety of other substances have also been identified, including methamphetamine, cocaine, synthetic cathinones, common cutting agents (e.g., lidocaine), and even prescription opioids (Moore et al., 2025; Palamar, 2023). The very nature of tusi as a polydrug powder means that people who use tusi are using multiple drugs simultaneously, and its unpredictable composition means that those who use can be exposed to a number of substances of unknown type and quantity via a single dose. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA