Lean or purple drank (known by numerous local and street names) is a polysubstance drink used as a recreational drug. It is prepared by mixing prescription-grade cough or cold syrup containing an opioid drug and an anti-histamine drug with a soft drink and sometimes hard candy.

2020年1月29日 · Lean is a very sweet drink that blends soda with cough syrup containing codeine. Some formulas also add candy or sweetening syrup. Users may also mix in promethazine,...

2025年1月10日 · Lean (Sizzurp or Purple Drank) is a recreational beverage that commonly contains codeine cough syrup, soda, hard candy, and occasionally alcohol, as well as the antihistamine promethazine. Its euphoric and sedative effects have fueled its popularity, particularly within hip-hop culture and among partygoers at electronic dance music (EDM) events ...

Lean is a potentially deadly polysubstance beverage that may include codeine cough syrup, soda, candy, alcohol, and other ingredients. The dangers of lean include severe side effects, such as seizures, pregnancy complications, respiratory depression, opioid dependence and addiction, overdose, and death.

2019年10月14日 · Lean, also known as purple drank, sizzurp, barre, and Texas tea, is a mixture of cough syrup, soda, hard candy, and sometimes alcohol. It contains codeine and promethazine, which evoke...

2024年8月30日 · Also known as “purple drank” or “lean,” the combination of codeine and Sprite can be dangerous, as it carries a risk of overdose, dependence and addiction. Codeine can make a person feel high because it converts to morphine in the brain and binds to opioid receptors.

2024年9月18日 · Lean, also known as Purple Drank or Sizzurp, is a concoction made of codeine and the antihistamine promethazine that is combined with soda, cough syrup, candy, and in some cases, alcohol. Mixing codeine with other substances is incredibly dangerous and poses a great risk to those who consume lean. Lean is highly addictive.

2022年10月11日 · Rappers made lean popular over the past decade, also known as “purple drank” or “sizzurp.” It is an illegal drink made with a base of DXM or codeine cough syrup mixed with a soda like Sprite or Mountain Dew, Jolly Rancher candies, and ice.

When this cough syrup is mixed with soda/other sweet beverages, it creates a purple liquid drink. To increase flavor, some candy, especially Jolly Ranchers, is used in it. For a long time, people have been misusing codeine (the main component of lean). But pop culture raised Lean’s popularity many times more than ever.

2025年3月25日 · Lean, also known by the popular street name “purple drank,” is an illicit substance made with codeine, containing cough syrup, soda, hard candy, occasionally alcohol, and the antihistamine, promethazine. An individual can develop a lean addiction in a relatively short period due to how opioids impact the brain’s reward response system.