Is Pink Cocaine / Tusi legal in Hong Kong?

Legal status

Controlled in practice, because the substances sold under this name are dangerous drugs under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134), even though the street name itself appears in no instrument.

Consequences if caught

Pink cocaine is a street mixture and not one compound. It is most often ketamine with MDMA, sometimes with other substances and usually with no cocaine in it at all. Ketamine is named in Part I of the First Schedule and MDMA falls within the phenethylamine limb at paragraph 1(c), so the ordinary contents are dangerous drugs. What a given sample contains cannot be answered from a statute. A person carrying it is treated according to what is in it, and on the usual contents that means the dangerous drugs penalties apply. Trafficking is the offence in section 4 and the Ordinance defines trafficking to include importing into Hong Kong, exporting from Hong Kong, procuring, supplying, otherwise dealing in the drug, and possessing it for the purpose of trafficking, so import, export and sale are not separate offences with separate bands. Section 4(3) sets a fine of $5,000,000 and imprisonment for life on conviction on indictment, and a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for 3 years on summary conviction. Manufacture under section 6(2) carries a fine of $5,000,000 and imprisonment for life on indictment. Possession other than for trafficking, and smoking, inhaling, ingesting or injecting, are one offence under section 8, carrying a fine of $1,000,000 and imprisonment for 7 years on indictment and a fine at level 6 and imprisonment for 3 years summarily, in each case subject to section 54A. The fine and the imprisonment are cumulative in every band, because the Ordinance says a fine and imprisonment rather than a fine or imprisonment. Read against the consolidation as in force on 2026-06-12 for the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and as in force on 2026-07-03 for the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations. Hong Kong amends the First Schedule by order of the Chief Executive published in the Gazette under section 50(1), so a substance can be added between consolidations.

If prescribed or medical

Not a prescribed traveller medicine in this form.

Documentation

Hong Kong Customs and Excise enforces the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance at the border. Declare any controlled medicine, carry it in its original dispensed container, and carry the prescription or a doctor's letter naming the drug, the dose and the patient. Confirm requirements with the Department of Health and with your embassy before travel.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Hong Kong’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.