Is Pink Cocaine / Tusi legal in North Korea?
- Legal status
- Pink cocaine (tusi) is not scheduled as such; it is a variable mixture (typically ketamine + MDMA) prosecuted through its constituents — the DPRK controls MDMA under the Criminal Code (2013 revision and later amendments), which reaches serious drug production and trafficking. Because the blend varies batch to batch, exposure follows the most-severely-controlled component, so an MDMA-containing tusi sample carries capital exposure.
- Consequences if caught
- An MDMA-positive mixture engages serious drug-production and trafficking provisions of the DPRK Criminal Code that are capital-eligible, with the death penalty available for grave offences.
- If prescribed or medical
- No lawful supply of the mixture; MDMA has no accepted medical use, and ketamine, where present, would be a controlled medicine.
- Documentation
- Sold as a party powder of unknown makeup; because the blend varies batch to batch, buyers cannot know whether death-eligible MDMA is present, so capital-level legal exposure under the DPRK Criminal Code is unknowable at purchase.
Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with North Korea’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.
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