Tusi (drug)
Recreational drug with mixture of different psychoactive substances From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tusi (also written as tussi, tuci, or tucibi) is a recreational drug that contains a mixture of different psychoactive substances, most commonly found in a pink-dyed powder known as pink cocaine.[1][2][3] It is believed to have originated in Latin America around 2018.[4] Ketamine and MDMA are the most common ingredients, although cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, caffeine, cathinones, and other designer drugs are found as well.[2] There are no standard proportions of the constituent drugs.[1][2]
![Thumb](#/media/File:"Strawberry_Meth"_Pink_Color.jpg) Pink methamphetamine dyed with food coloring, similar to tusi | |
| Combination of | |
|---|---|
| Ketamine | Dissociative |
| MDMA | Stimulant |
| Methamphetamine | Stimulant |
| Cocaine | Stimulant |
| Eutylone | Stimulant |
| Oxycodone | Opioid |
| Clinical data | |
| Other names | pink cocaine, tuci, tucci, tussi, tucibi |
| Routes of administration | By mouth (oral), inhalation, insufflation |
| ATC code |
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| Legal status | |
| Legal status |
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| Pharmacokinetic data | |
| Bioavailability | depends on combination |
| Metabolism | depends on combination |
| Metabolites | depends on combination |
| Onset of action |
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| Elimination half-life | range 5–30 hours; irrespective of route |
| Excretion | Primarily kidney |
Though the name "tusi" is phonetically similar to "2C", tusi is not the same psychoactive substance as 2C-B or more broadly, the 2C family. Tusi, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, contained no 2C-B in most instances as of 2022.[2] It may have been named this way because the drug has effects crudely similar to the psychedelic 2C-B.[citation needed]
Society and culture
United States
Authorities in New York City report that lab-tested samples have very little or no cocaine. They say there are record numbers of overdoses and there is no way to know exactly what is in pink cocaine.[5] Because the drug usually contains a mix of uppers and downers, it is sometimes called a speedball.[6]
Authorities[which?] are trying to educate potential users who may not know how different ketamine is from cocaine. Cocaine is a stimulant and ketamine is a sedative-hallucinogenic anesthetic.[7] It does not mix well with alcohol.[8]
Pharmacology
Drugs detected within the 19 samples of pink powder tusi/2C-B submissions to Erowid's DrugsData between 2019 and 2022:[1]
| Substance | Drug class | Percentage of samples |
|---|---|---|
| Ketamine | Dissociative anaesthetic | 94.7% |
| Ketamine precursor | Dissociative anaesthetic (precursor) | 84.2% |
| MDMA | Empathogen/Entactogen, Stimulant | 63.2% |
| Caffeine | Stimulant | 52.6% |
| Methamphetamine | Stimulant | 15.8% |
| Cocaine | Stimulant | 10.5% |
| MDA | Empathogen/Entactogen, Stimulant | 10.5% |
| Oxycodone | Opioid | 10.5% |
| Eutylone (bk-EBDB) | Empathogen/Entactogen, Cathinone | 10.5% |
| Levamisole | Antihelminthic (often used as an adulterant) | 10.5% |
| DMT | Psychedelic | 5.3% |
| Lidocaine | Local anaesthetic (often used as an adulterant) | 5.3% |
| Tramadol | Opioid, analgesic | 5.3% |
See also
References
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