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What is pink cocaine?
Pink cocaine is a combination of drugs, usually containing at least one stimulant drug and one depressant. Drugs found in pink cocaine are methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA, benzodiazepines, crack and caffeine. Cocaine is usually not included, despite the name. 2C-B, LSD, mescaline and opioids like fentanyl can also be found in pink cocaine. As its name suggests, it has a pink colouring, either from food colouring or flavourings and sometimes it smells of strawberry.
Spanish organisation Energy Control tested 124 samples of Pink cocaine From mid-June 2021 to early April 2023. They found that the most common composition was MDMA, ketamine and caffeine (40.32% of samples). Ketamine was the substance that appeared in the most samples (75.80%) but its concentration was highly variable. MDMA appeared in 67.74% of the samples and caffeine 50.8%. Other substances like NPS and paracetamol were also found but no cocaine or LSD was in any of the samples analysed.
Methods of use
Pink cocaine is used as a party drug, most commonly in the club scene. It’s usually either taken as a pill form or snorted as a powder.
Price
Pink cocaine is considered a drug for affluent people and marketed as a high-end product, in Spain it can be sold for $80-$100 per gram.
Effects/Risks
The composition of pink cocaine is highly variable, so its effects are also variable and unpredictable. Further, the contents of pink cocaine can be misrepresented and people using may not know which drugs they are consuming. These factors increase the risks of pink cocaine, such as overdose, and fatal interactions.
Some of the substances within pink cocaine can produce a hallucinogenic effect. Users report euphoria, heightened awareness, altered sensory perception, mood swings, anxiety, paranoia and panic.
Long-term use can cause anxiety, depression, cognitive impairments, psychosis, heart attacks, high blood pressure, increased risk of stroke and behavioural changes.
Updated November 2024