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SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX/KUCW) — A partial autopsy conducted connected erstwhile One Direction vocalist Liam Payne recovered aggregate substances successful his strategy erstwhile helium fell to his decease from the third-floor balcony of a edifice country successful Argentina past week, according to a caller study from ABC News.
Among them were cocaine, benzodiazepine, ace and a 4th cause known arsenic "pink cocaine."
What is pinkish cocaine?
Despite its name, pinkish cocaine does not really person immoderate cocaine successful it.
The National Capital Poison Center describes the drug arsenic a powdered cocktail of drugs, typically including ecstasy, ketamine, caffeine and a psychedelic cause known arsenic 2-CB. The cause tin besides beryllium referred to arsenic Tusi -- a phonetic translation of "2C" -- and often comes successful the signifier of a vibrant pinkish powder. The colour reportedly comes from the summation of colored dye and sometimes from strawberry flavoring.
The National Capital Poison Center said pinkish cocaine is not arsenic addictive arsenic different drugs specified arsenic opioids oregon fentanyl but tin person immoderate imaginable for addiction.
Poison Control said pinkish cocaine is often utilized successful a enactment oregon nine mounting and tin origin a assortment of effects including hallucinations, anxiety, elevated assemblage temperature, accrued bosom complaint and nausea, among different broadside effects.
"Physical and intersexual assaults, arsenic good arsenic traumatic injuries, person occurred erstwhile radical are impaired by this benignant of drug," the NCPC warns. "It is besides important to cognize that pinkish cocaine whitethorn beryllium contaminated with drugs beyond those mentioned here, truthful unanticipated effects tin hap depending connected what is successful the mixture."
Liam Payne's death
Moments earlier Liam Payne's death, edifice unit called the constabulary successful Buenos Aires reporting an "aggressive man" who was believed to beryllium nether the power of drugs oregon alcohol. The edifice manager could beryllium heard connected a 911 telephone obtained by the Associated Press saying determination was a impermanent "destroying the full room."
Responding officers arrived conscionable arsenic Payne had "thrown himself" from the balcony of his room, according to a spokesperson for the Security Ministry of Buenos Aires municipality. Authorities said Payne suffered "very superior injuries" successful the autumn and determination was nary anticipation of resuscitation. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.
A preliminary autopsy study had concluded Payne died of "multiple traumas" arsenic good arsenic "internal and outer bleeding" caused by the fall. Buenos Aires constabulary reported uncovering Payne's edifice country successful "complete disarray" with respective drugs scattered about. Sources told ABC News that constabulary besides recovered an improvised aluminum tube to ingest drugs.
ABC News, The Associated Press, and Nexstar Media contributed to this report.
