Pink Cocaine is a powdered mixture of drugs that usually does not include cocaine but instead a combination of other drugs. It is pink in color due to the addition of food coloring and sometimes strawberry or other flavoring. It is most commonly used by young people in the club scene. Pink cocaine is usually either swallowed in pill form or snorted as a powder. Rarely is it injected.

Pink Cocaine usually does not contain any cocaine. The most common drugs that have been found in pink cocaine include 2-CB, MDMA (ecstasy), ketamine, and caffeine. 2-CB is a psychedelic drug that was first developed to help treat sexual dysfunction, but it was removed from the market due to safety concerns. 

Pink cocaine can cause a variety of effects, depending on what is in the mixture and how much is used. People use the drug to experience a sense of openness, sociability, and euphoria. Adverse effects include hallucinations, anxiety, elevated body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, low blood sodium concentrations, nausea, vomiting, and seizures.

If you suspect a pink cocaine -related overdose, the safest thing to do is to get the person immediate medical attention. Call 911 for help. If the person is having a seizure, place them in a safety position on their side.

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