Tusi (drug)

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Tusi (drug)
Combination of
KetamineDissociative
MDMAStimulant
MethamphetamineStimulant
CocaineStimulant
OpioidOpioid
Clinical data
Other namestuci, tucibi, pink cocaine
Routes of
administration		Oral, insufflation
ATC code
  • None

Tusi (tuci, tucibi, pink cocaine), is a recreational drug most commonly found in pink-dyed powder form that contains a mixture of different psychoactive substances.[1][2][3] The concoction is also referred to as “pink cocaine”, as it typically circulates on the illicit market in pink powder form.[3] Tusi is believed to have originated in Latin America around 2018. Drug-checking studies in Latin America report tusi to be a typical concoction of ketamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine, caffeine, opioids, and other new psychoactive substances (NPS).[2] Existing literatures suggest tuci to have no standard proportions of the constituent drugs.[1][2]

The name "tusi" phonetically translates to "2C", while they may be pronounced in a similar way, tuci is not the same psychoactive substance as 2C-B (or, more broadly, the 2C family). Tuci, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, contained no 2C-B in most instances as of 2022.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Palamar, Joseph J. (2023-09-03). "Tusi: a new ketamine concoction complicating the drug landscape". The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 49 (5): 546–550. doi:10.1080/00952990.2023.2207716. ISSN 0095-2990. PMC 10636235. PMID 37162319.
  2. ^ a b c d "Global SMART Update 2022-Vol.27". United Nations : Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  3. ^ a b "ALERT: Powder sold as pink tusi found on-site at Lost Village 2022". The Loop. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
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