Guest carthief Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 "Purple drank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... Purple drink is a slang term for a recreational drug popular in the hip hop community in the southern United States, specifically Northern Mississippi. Its main ingredient is prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine.[1] Cough syrup is typically mixed with ingredients such as 7Up soft drink and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy. The purplish hue of purple drank comes from dyes in the cough syrup... ...In 2004, the University of Texas found that 8.3% of secondary school students in Texas had taken codeine syrup to get high..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_drank This is a really good article...does anyone live in a part of the country where this is popular? I live in the Northeast, and know of people using cough syrup for DXM, but I'm wondering about the use of codeine and promethazine containing bottles. Where is it coming from? How much is it sold for? How do people use it? How widespread is its use? It seems like an interesting sub-culture, or drug culture, that has existed for quite some time in part of the country yet it goes relatively unrecognized elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 haven´t seen it around here yet, but as I know the locals it will appear soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjn2uxA7_vw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 My link hands down the funniest paragraph from that article: Big Moe, a DJ Screw protegé whose albums City of Syrup and Purple World were based on the drink and who has been described as having "rapped incessantly about the drug,"[19] died at age 33 on October 14, 2007, after suffering a heart attack one week earlier that left him in a coma.[20] There was speculation that purple drank may have contributed to his death. [14][21] big moe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 and dj screw, big moe's guru and fellow drank ennthusiast, died "of a codeine-promethazine-alcohol overdose on November 16, 2000." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carthief Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Why is that funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 coz they're like, fucking stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 My link hands down the funniest paragraph from that article: Big Moe, a DJ Screw protegé whose albums City of Syrup and Purple World were based on the drink and who has been described as having "rapped incessantly about the drug,"[19] died at age 33 on October 14, 2007, after suffering a heart attack one week earlier that left him in a coma.[20] There was speculation that purple drank may have contributed to his death. [14][21] big moe: *runs out and buys City of Syrup and Purple World* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3egKhx_f8I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Oh, and there's this buffalo wangs place near me. One night I ordered 'purple drank' and that sweet nubile youth laughed at me. I wanted grape coolaid. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carthief Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 coz they're like, fucking stupid. No one you respect has overdosed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 i thought codeine was scheduled in the US -- need a scribe -- maybe even a valid ID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I live in the southeast and hear tails of these drinks. There are a few variations on the name, but what I hear it referred to most commonly is: "sizzurp." In Houston (Texas) it is called "Lean" and they use sprite instead of 7up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 your avatar is purple. has it been drank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 of course. dirdy souf, u no haw we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carthief Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 i thought codeine was scheduled in the US -- need a scribe -- maybe even a valid ID hahathhat - yes, you definitely need a prescription for this stuff. that's part of what interests me about it...I'm wondering how dealers, or whoever supplies the users with the bottles, obtain enough to sell, where they obtain it, etc. I'm guessing, now that I think about it, that a lot of it probably comes up from Mexico. And that would make sense considering its prevalence in the South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 yeah, you can order codeine pills from spain or something, so why not syrup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yegg Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 pretty sure you can get codeine otc in canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 juice? anyhow, just get some heroin you pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 yeah, kind of weird they wouldn't just take a pill. who likes drinking cough syrup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carthief Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 the purpose is not to obtain drank the purpose is to discuss it. yeah, kind of weird they wouldn't just take a pill. who likes drinking cough syrup? That's part of what makes it interesting to me. I think part of it is that because it's in kind of a weird form, almost alcohol-like, it's not as clearly a "junkie drug." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 buffalo wangs sounds filling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgTbe4jGUg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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