Is Pink Cocaine / Tusi legal in Taiwan?

Also known as: tucibi, tusibi, tuci

Legal status

Not scheduled as such under Taiwan's Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例): no entry of its own; reached through its constituents and through article 9(3) of the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act. Pink cocaine, tusi, is a name for a variable powder rather than a substance, and it usually contains no cocaine at all. Analyses typically find ketamine, 附表三第19項, and MDMA, 附表二第83項, sometimes with caffeine or a synthetic cathinone. Cocaine itself, if present, is 附表一第2項 and Category 1. The model: the four grades and their anchor substances are in the Act itself, article 2(2) reading 「毒品依其成癮性、濫用性及對社會危害性，分為四級，其品項如下」, and the full item lists are the Act's own four schedules, 附表一 to 附表四. The power to change them is delegated. Article 2(3) reads 「前項毒品之分級及品項，由法務部會同衛生福利部組成審議委員會，每三個月定期檢討，審議委員會並得將具有成癮性、濫用性、對社會危害性之虞之麻醉藥品與其製品、影響精神物質與其製品及與該等藥品、物質或製品具有類似化學結構之物質進行審議，並經審議通過後，報由行政院公告調整、增減之，並送請立法院查照」, a review committee of the justice and health ministries reviewing every three months, adjustment by Executive Yuan announcement, reported to the Legislative Yuan. The Act was last amended 4 May 2022. The list was last amended by the Executive Yuan announcement of 25 June 2026, in force 27 June 2026, which moved etomidate and eight related compounds from Category 2 up to Category 1.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: not established. The article that applies is the one for the highest graded component present. Article 4(1) reaches a mixture carrying a Category 1 component at death or life, article 4(2) a Category 2 component at life or ten years upward, and article 4(3) a Category 3 component at seven years upward, and article 9(3) then adds up to one half to whichever of those applies. Article 9(1) increases the penalty by up to one half where an adult sells to a minor, and article 9(2) does the same where the buyer is known to be pregnant. Article 19 confiscates the property used in an article 4 offence and, for an article 4 offence specifically, the vehicle, vessel or aircraft used. Taiwan handles the mixture problem with an express rule, and it is the rule that makes this cell answerable rather than speculative. Article 9(3) provides 「犯前五條之罪而混合二種以上之毒品者，適用其中最高級別毒品之法定刑，並加重其刑至二分之一」: where an offence under articles 4 to 8 involves a mixture of two or more narcotics, the statutory penalty of the highest grade present applies, and is increased by up to one half. So a ketamine and MDMA powder is charged at the Category 2 rate with up to half again added, not at the Category 3 rate. Both reach this, and which of them applies is decided by a component the purchaser cannot see. Here the mixture is the thing itself rather than an adulterated single drug, so article 9(3) is not a qualification but the operative rule: 「犯前五條之罪而混合二種以上之毒品者，適用其中最高級別毒品之法定刑，並加重其刑至二分之一」, the offence is charged at the statutory penalty of the highest graded narcotic present, with up to one half added. A sample carrying any Category 1 component is therefore charged under article 4(1), 「製造、運輸、販賣第一級毒品者，處死刑或無期徒刑」, death or life, with no quantity threshold and with up to one half added on top. A ketamine and MDMA sample with no Category 1 component reaches life through article 4(2) instead. Neither is mandatory. There is no quantity at which this becomes safe, because the grade follows the worst thing in the powder and not the amount of it.

If prescribed or medical

There is no lawful supply of the mixture and therefore no prescription route. Ketamine alone is a licensed anaesthetic.

Documentation

The composition varies batch to batch, so the grade varies batch to batch. A purchaser cannot know which tier a given bag falls into, and article 9(3) means the worst component sets the answer for the whole of it.

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