Purple drink is a slang term for an ingredient that includes a prescription-strength cough medicine used in a manner inconsistent with labeling, thus making it into a drug. The mix became popular in the hip hop community in the southern United States in the 1990s, originally from Houston.
The prescription-strength cough syrup used in purple drinks contains codeine and promethazine (not to be confused with dextromethorphan; DXM). Cough syrup, used in much higher doses than is medically advisable, is usually mixed with ingredients such as Sprite or Mountain Dew soft drinks and optionally "Jolly Rancher hard candies thrown in for added sweetness." Purplish color from purple drink comes from dye in cough syrup. The amount of cough syrup used "may exceed up to 25 times the recommended dose." This herb is "usually consumed from Styrofoam glasses".
There are many slang terms for purple drinks, including sizzurp , lean , syrup , drink , barre , purple jelly , Texas tea , Dirty sprites , and Tsikuni .
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Effects
The physiological effect of purple drinking on the user is to produce a mild "euphoria side effect", accompanied by "motor disturbance, lethargy, drowsiness, and dissociative feelings of all other parts of the body". The Houston author, Lance Scott Walker, notes that the super-sweet combinations of soda, cough syrup, and Jolly Ranchers provide flavor and mouthfeel that remain on the tongue for long duration. This phenomenon is often appealing to first-time users. Purple drink is often used in combination with alcohol and/or other drugs.
Dangers
In an article after being admitted to the hospital of rapper Lil Wayne allegedly linked to purple drinking, the Los Angeles Times spoke to doctors and hospital doctors. George Fallieras, about the dangers of the herb. Fallieras states that in the intended use, "Kodein in medicine serves as a pain reliever and also suppresses coughs.The second drug in cough syrup, known as promethazine, is used as an antihistamine and is commonly used to treat hangovers and nausea." tranquilizers - used in part to prevent people from drinking too much. This is a very common cough syrup that, if taken in the right amount, is safe enough. "
The danger arises in higher doses because promethazine is a depressant of the central nervous system and codeine is a respiratory depressant. When codeine is taken in a very large amount, it can cause a person to stop breathing. Using alcohol and other drugs along with purple drinks increases the probability of a problem. Fallieras states that the herb does not cause the seizure itself but increases the likelihood of those who are vulnerable to them. The drink contains an enormous amount of "opiate" opiate codeine, which can lead to high dosage dependence, and Fallieras states that "at least anecdotal promethazine has been noted to intensify the euphoric effect of codeine in the brain."
The addictive nature of the drink means that attempting to stop regular use may lead to withdrawal symptoms. In a 2008 interview with MTV News, Lil Wayne described the withdrawal as a feeling "like death in your stomach when you stopped." Everyone wants me to stop all this and all that.
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History
According to Houston-based writer Lance Scott Walker, purple drinks flourished in the city around the 1960s when blues musicians would take Robitussin and cut it with beer. Then when the wine coolers came to the market, they replaced the beer. These blues musicians live in the neighborhood of Fifth Ward, the Third Neighborhood, and South Park Houston, and this practice is picked up by a generation of rapper who grew up in the same part of town. In the 1980s and 1990s, the formula changed to using codin promethazine cough syrup, lemon-lime soda flavor, and Jolly Ranchers.
Professor Ronald Peters, also a resident of Houston, points out that purple drinks remain a local phenomenon Houston until the 1990s rapper DJ Screw released a few songs that mention the drink in his very popular mixtape in the Houston area.
Walker argues that DJ Screw music is perfect for the Houston climate. Due to the heat and expanses of the inhabitants of the Houston area spent a long journey in their car, "the most appropriate music to complement that has always been DJ Screw music, it slows down - and when I say slow down I mean he will record the sessions in his apartment with rappers free from taps and he will make this great mixtapes and then he will really slow it down further on his cassette recorder. "DJ Screw's purple calling in his lyrics and his slow use of the tempo has caused his style to be characterized" [a] if the song itself contains too much promethazine codeine ". Rapper outside Houston soon adopted the aspect of his style.
Walker points out that purple drinks have never been stigmatized in Houston, but with a seemingly purple drink linked to DJ Screw's early death, the herb became the focus of law enforcement in the Houston area with crime charges applied to some aspects around him.
Popularize
Houston producer DJ Screw popularized the potion, widely regarded as a source of inspiration for a "chopped and chaotic" hip-hop music style. The first promethazine and codeine herbs gained popularity in the underground rap scene in Houston, where Big Hawk musicians said it was consumed in the early 1960s and 1970s, became more widely used in the early 1990s. Due to use by rap artists in Houston, it became more popular in the 1990s. Its use then spread to other southern countries.
In June 2000, the Three Mafia single titled "Sippin 'on Some Syrup", featured UGK, carrying the term "purple drink" to a national audience.
In 2004, the University of Texas found that 8.3% of high school students in Texas had taken codeine syrup to get high. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports "statues" involving syrup throughout the southern United States, particularly in Texas and Florida.
In 2011, the price of purple drinks in Houston was double the price as in Los Angeles.
Death from use
Purple drink is confirmed or suspected to have caused the death of some prominent users. Respiratory depression is a potentially serious or fatal drug reaction associated with the use of codeine, but especially the danger lies in the phenothiazines associated with antihistamine promethazine. This depression is associated with doses and is a mechanism for the fatal consequences of an overdose: breathing or cardiac arrest. Like most CNS depressants, mixing with alcohol greatly increases the risk of respiratory failure and other complications.
DJ Screw, who popularized the codeine-based drink, died of a codeine-promethazine-alcohol overdose on November 16, 2000, a few months after the video to the Three Mafia 6 debuted.
Big Moe, a DJ Screw protà ©  © gÃÆ' © © whose album City of Syrup and The Purple World is based on drinks and which has been described as having "knocked obsessively about medicine", died at the age of 33 on October 14, 2007, after suffering a heart attack a week earlier which left her in a coma. There is speculation that purple drinking may have caused his death.
Pimp C, Port Arthur, rapper Texas, and famous rap duo member, UGK, were found dead on December 4, 2007, at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, California. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reported that the rapper's death was "due to the promethazine/codeine effect and other undetermined factors". Ed Winter, assistant head of the Coroner's Office, said his treatment rate was increasing, but not enough to consider death as an overdose. However, Pimp C has a history of sleep apnea, a condition that causes a person to stop breathing for a short time during sleep. A spokesman for the coroner's office said that the combination of sleep apnea and cough medicine might suppress Pimp C's breath long enough to bring his death.
Fredo Santana, an American rapper who often makes references to drinks in his music, died of a fatal seizure on January 19, 2018. According to TMZ, he has suffered from liver and kidney problems, believed to be the result of his addiction.
Other incidents
In September 2006, Terrence Kiel, a San Diego Chargers player, was arrested during training for possession with the intention to sell prescription cough medicines for use in the manufacture of beverages. Kiel was caught trying to send a syrup case to a friend through FedEx. Kiel was charged with two alleged crimes of transporting controlled substances and three counts of ownership for the sale of controlled substances.
On July 8, 2008, Johnny Jolly, a Green Bay Packers player, was pulled into his car for playing excessive music in the nightclub parking lot. Officers found Dr. Pepper's bottle on a stand next to two styrofoam cups containing soda and ice. Officials say the cups and bottles all emit "a strong codeine smell." The case was dismissed, but the allegations were filed back in December 2009 after the Houston Police Department acquired new equipment allowing police to test evidence again. Jolly faces the possibility of a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, but as the first offender he will qualify for probation.
On July 5, 2010, former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell was arrested at his home in Mobile, Alabama, for having a codeine syrup without a prescription. He was arrested as part of an undercover narcotics investigation. Russell was booked into the town jail and released shortly thereafter after making a guarantee.
On March 15, 2013, Lil Wayne was hospitalized with suspected seizures after taking fellow Birdman rapping drug, but denied that the seizures were connected to drugs.
On June 11, 2013, just days after being robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco, rapper 2 Chainz was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly having promethazine and codeine (the main ingredient of a purple drink) along with marijuana.
Commercial products
Some legal commercial products that are loosely based on the concept of "purple drinking" are marketed in the United States. In June 2008, the Innovative Beverage Group, a company based in Houston, Texas, released a drink called "Drinking". Commercial products do not contain codeine or promethazine, but claim your "Slow Roll" with a combination of herbal ingredients such as valerian roots and rose roses as well as the hormone melatonin. An "anti-energy" drink or similar relaxation drink in the commercial market uses the names "Purple Stuff", "Sippin Syrup", and "Lean".
Criticism
These commercial products have been criticized for their potential to serve as gateways to harmful illegal potions. At a mental health conference in February 2010, Dr. Ronald Peters, Jr., of the University of Texas Health Science Center said of "Drinking": "They took a name, and they tried to market it to young people." He described the drink as "the worst thing I have seen on the streets since making cigarettes candy".
References
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