“There came a moment in my life where I understood that death was a rest” that is how bleak and empty the life of Luis became, who at 17 began to consume drugs, including the deadly “tusi” or pink cocaine.
He said that he began using controlled substances due to the destruction of his family due to the separation of his parents more than 20 years ago.
“My mom and dad separated. “I am the eldest of 4 brothers, I began to be used by people from drug dealers, and I had an aggressive label,” he explained when remembering his beginnings in the addictive world that almost took his life on more than one occasion.
Locked in a dead end, he describes how he was dragged every day towards an abyss, where the only window to rest was death.
He remembered how he constantly fell into the vicious circle of selling and consuming drugs with the goal of dying.
“I became afraid of drugs especially to the «tusi», it is a drug that they link you with cocaine, etamine, amphetamine.”
“I had a bad experience in the middle of the consumption sharing the two, he had a heart attack, I thought how he always stayed down, “I told him what note you gave and it was dead that he was next to me,” described the man in the recovery phase about the effect of the powerful drug in the report ““Deadly Addiction” presented this Monday in the Report with Alicia Ortega.
How much does “pink powder” cost? ?
Concern about the distribution and impact of this substance in the country arises after the front pages of international media were splashed with blood with the death of the singer of the British band “One Direction “ Liam Paynewho reportedly lost his life after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina due to the effects of “a cocktail of drugs” including pink cocaine.
The artist could feel the effect when ingesting these chemicals, confirmed by “Pedro”, another addict to different types of drugs.
He explains that he met the “tusi” when he worked in a nightclub and then he bought it again in the Capotillo 42 sector at a slightly high price.
“It is a high-cost drug and since it is highly manufactured, it also has a high purchasing cost, a gram is 5 thousand and something pesos”he revealed when interviewed in journalist Alicia Ortega’s space.
What do the authorities say?
The first warning about the presence of “pink cocaine” in the Dominican Republic was issued by the National Drug Council.s (CND) after its presence was discovered in the apartment of a man who took the life of his partner at the beginning of 2024.
Pink cocaine is a psychostimulant sold illegally, whose effects are characterized by inducing visual and auditory hallucinations, in addition to elevating mood.
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