Pink cocaine killed a 14-year-old boy in February.
As the summer and party season hits soon, police have issued a warning about pink cocaine being used in places like Ibiza and the UK.
Pink cocaine – which is a mix of ketamine and ecstasy – killed a 14-year-old boy in Madrid, Spain, in February, and is becoming increasingly popular.
The 14-year-old from Madrid died after drinking Red Bull spiked with two grams of the narcotic.
His parents claim him and two friends met up with strangers they connected with on Instagram – and he had no idea his drink contained drugs.
The drug issue in Ibiza is explored in a new BBC documentary by former Love Island star Zara McDermott called Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island.
In the series, she helps helps police uncover a bag of the drug thrown into bushes by a drug dealer and meets a drugs boss who says dealers can make £43,000 a day.
She says: ‘When I post I am in Ibiza, I’ve actually had people posting and offering me drugs. It is interesting how people are using social media to sell drugs.
‘It is not just something you find down a back alley, it is on your Instagram.
‘Everyone knows drugs exist everywhere and are somewhat part of Ibiza culture, but having been sat in the back of a police car, learning… street dealers are making huge amounts of money because they are taking the risk.’
As part of the rise in places like Ibiza, Spanish authorities have launched a campaign warning people about the health risks of the drug.
These include blurred vision, panic attacks, anxiety, heart problems and strokes.
A police source told the Majorca Daily Bulletin: ‘It’s so powerful that it causes severe hypertension and can lead to heart failure. It’s a bomb because it is ecstasy and amphetamines in powder form. People don’t know what they are consuming.’
According to Berta de la Vega, coordinator of Energy Control, a Spanish drugs testing facility, the drug is not expensive to make.
Dealers buy a gram of MDMA for about 40 euros and ketamine for between 20 and 35 euros.
Ibiza is not the only place the drug is taken and has been found in cities like Leeds, and Lost Village Festival in Lincolnshire.
The drug has been around now for a while and in 2016 police busted a lab staffed by Columbians where the drug was being made – and found that the gang were actually organising music events to sell the drug.
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