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Drugs ravage Medellin three decades after Pablo Escobar's death

Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

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Others offer "tusibi" -- calling it "tusi" for short or sometimes "pink cocaine" -- the latest party drug based on Ketamine mixed with substances such as ecstasy and mescaline, a psychedelic derived from a cactus. Though "banned" from street sale -- considered too harmful even by the gangs -- those who want it can also find heroin, at about $2.5 per gram.