On the Ibiza party scene, many revellers are hardly strangers to recreational drug use. But this summer, they were warned to take heed: a dangerous new party drug was emerging, the use of which was compared to playing Russian roulette.
Has “pink cocaine”, as it is known, now claimed its first high-profile victim? A post-mortem examination has reportedly found that Liam Payne, the former One Direction star, had it in his system when he fell to his death from his hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires on Oct 16. It is too soon to know if the fatal incident was attributable to the drug, but its potentially grave effects are already known.
In fact, pink cocaine is not one drug but a powdery cocktail, or pill, often including MDMA, ketamine and methamphetamine. Samples have also been found to include cocaine and opioids. Despite its name, cocaine is not necessarily part of the mix. It can be present, however, as can caffeine, hallucinogens such as mescaline or LSD, and stimulants known as bath salts. » | Rosa Silverman | Tuesday, October 22, 2024
THE GUARDIAN: What is pink cocaine? The party drug reportedly taken by Liam Payne: The drug cocktail that can contain ketamine, ecstasy, meth and crack has grown in popularity in recent years »
How much sense does it make for our weak and ineffectual politicians to worry about increasingly few young people taking up the cigarette-smoking habit with all this sh** going on? My advice: Don't sweat the little things! Concentrate on the really dangerous stuff! – © Mark Alexander
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