Lean (drug)
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Ingredients for creating lean, including codeine-promethazine cough syrup, Jolly Ranchers, and Sprite.
Lean, also known as purple drank, purp, or oil is a drug drink, made by mixing cough or cold syrup containing codeine and promethazine with a drink. The drink originated in Houston, Texas, and is popular in hip hop culture or those who live in the southern United States.[1] Jokes have been made about this drug, most commonly "I LOVE LEAN".
Lean (drug) Media
A spoonful of promethazine/codeine syrup showing the characteristic purple color
In 2019, rapper Future publicly spoke about quitting lean after learning about how his music influenced teenagers to try the drug.
Advertising for one commercial product with marketing based on the "purple drank" name.
References
- ↑ Tamara Palmer (2005). Country Fried Soul: Adventures in Dirty South Hip-hop. Outline Press Limited. p. 188.
