The world of illegal drugs for recreational use is an example of the extent to which the dynamics of obtaining money at all costs can come before concern for people’s well-being.
Many of these substances have given rise to a public health problem, linked to the normalization of drug use in leisure contexts. In this article Let’s focus on one of these drugs: Tusi, or Tusibi
Tusi is a psychostimulant sold illegally in many countries around the world, including Spain, and whose consumption generates important organic alterations that put the health of those who take it at risk.
Is about a phenylethylamine-type drug, sold in the form of a kind of powder similar to cocaine, but pink in color instead of the white that characterizes the latter (although technically it can be made to have a milky color, striking shades are added so that it sells better and to differentiate it from other psychoactive substances, giving it its niche in the market).
Behind this striking presentation is actually a substance called 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenylethylamine, or 2C-B (hence its most popular names, “Tusibi” or “Tusi”. It is a stimulant whose effects as a drug for recreational use are still little known, but they seem to be characterized by inducing visual and auditory hallucinations, in addition to elevating the mood in a similar way to the way MDMA (also called Ecstasy) does.
In this sense it is not so similar to cocaine, whose effects have mainly to do with high activation of the nervous system, hypersensitivity and the tendency to experience euphoria and/or anger, and not so much with hallucinations.
Furthermore, unlike the world’s best-selling illegal stimulant drug, Tusi is not a substance that can be obtained from the leaves of a plant, but rather Its origin is totally synthetic The use of Tusi is much less common than that of crack or cocaine, and many times it is not even sold directly, but mixed with other drugs such as Ecstasy, even adulterating other narcotics by adding 2C-B without warning the consumer..
Effects
As we have anticipated, there are relatively few quantitative investigations that have managed to provide detailed data about the effects of Tusi: case studies are more common, in which the behavior of specific subjects when taking the drug or when being treated is described. by health workers after suffering complications.
But it is generally estimated that the influence of this drug on the mind can be described as a mix of the psychedelic effects of LSD and the mood swings of MDMA, without being as powerful as either of these two substances, being less “spatialized” in its psychological impact. But it is still a dangerous substance, since even in low doses it can produce severe adverse effects. These side effects may include:
Nor should we forget that The danger of drugs like Tusi is not only based on their direct effects on the consumer’s health They also facilitate the possibility of him putting himself in high-risk situations, or even harming other people due to his perceptual and emotional altered state.
On the other hand, the speed with which the effects of this drug appear depends on how it was consumed. Although it is very common to sell it as a pink powder that is “snorted”, it can also be presented in the form of tablets for oral consumption. Generally, this last way of taking Tusi causes the substance to reach the Central Nervous System a little later, something that happens with all drugs in general.
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