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In the first half of 2025 alone, police in the UK seized ",_key:"ef805909d633",_type:a},{text:"more than double the quantity",_key:"f38f552c9ee2",_type:a,marks:[aI]},{marks:[],text:" of pink cocaine seized throughout all of 2024 â with EU monitoring noting that the drug had been found in at least ",_key:"d7bcb07fb31b",_type:a},{_type:a,marks:[aJ],text:"10 European countries",_key:"6ae389854835"},{marks:[],text:" by the end of last year.",_key:"76d43ca75ffe",_type:a}],_type:b},{style:c,_key:"e490e7b5dff4",markDefs:[],children:[{_type:a,marks:[],text:"Here, we take a look at what âtusiâ really is, and why itâs so dangerous.",_key:"09191b7bd631"}],_type:b},{_key:"9218736497c2",markDefs:[],children:[{text:"What is pink cocaine (tusi)?",_key:"1055e060d6b4",_type:a,marks:[]}],_type:b,style:m},{_type:b,style:k,_key:"4223b90ea7c0",markDefs:[],children:[{_key:"9d11f5cd5978",_type:a,marks:[],text:"Not a single drug, but a chemical cocktail"}]},{_type:b,style:c,_key:"33ed479b7b09",markDefs:[],children:[{_type:a,marks:[],text:"Despite the name, pink cocaine is not a single substance and it rarely contains cocaine. 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