What kind of syrup do rappers drink. All about the narcotic effects of codeine and codeine cough syrup. How much drank do you need to drink to induce a seizure?

Absinthe may not seem so dangerous to you if you, God forbid, try one of the drinks listed below. British researchers recently learned that alcohol can be more harmful to society than heroin, crack, and other drugs. However, before arguing about the dangers of both alcohol and drugs, let's take a look at the most dangerous drinks in the world that can kill a person immediately, and not after 20 years of use.

1. Heroin-based cough medicine

Previously, heroin was used to relieve cough in patients. Heroin was a miracle drug that fought asthma, pneumonia, and dysentery. However, the subsequent addiction and the increased mortality rate led to the imposition of a ban on the sale of heroin. And yet, we are still talking about the dangers of drugs.

2. Unpasteurized milk

This milk is now given to children so that they grow up quickly and be healthy. But before the introduction of the pasteurization process, milk was the cause of various types of diseases, from salmonella to tuberculosis.

3. Methyl alcohol

If you decide to "distill" moonshine at home, check out the sources so that you do not accidentally make methanol instead of ethanol, a toxic biological product obtained as a result of fermentation. Wood spirit, as it is called, can cause blindness and death.

4. Purple Drake

If you are familiar with the work of Rich Boy, you probably heard that in one song he sings about some kind of syrup that drives people crazy. Is it hard to guess what it is? He talks about a lilac-colored drink, a mixture of codeine and promethazine, sweetened with sugar. Pearl Drack at the end of the song leads to the death of all heroes, so this drink is not a toy!

5. Four Loko

Called "Harm in a Bottle" by scientists at Harvard University, Four Loko is also called "Alcopop." It contains 12.5% alcohol and caffeine in doses equivalent to five cups of coffee. Excessive use of this drink has led to several hospitalizations, and the US Department of Health is already sounding the alarm, because the majority of patients are schoolchildren and students.

What is Codeine

Codeine is an opiate 3-methylmorphine with the chemical formula C18H21NO3. It is obtained by methylation of morphine. The narcotic substance (opium) in Codeine can be from 0.2 to 2%. This is enough to get an intoxicating effect and the development of addiction.

The therapeutic effect of Codeine is that it is able to temporarily stop pain and stop coughing attacks. It can also help with digestive disorders (such as constipation). The substance is included in the following drugs:

cough and fever tablets Codelmikst, Torpenkod;
sedative agent Sedal-M;
cough tablets Codelac and Kodesan;
analgesics Kaffetin, Solpadein, Nurofen;
cough syrups Tussamg, Koffeks, Neo-codion.

In Russia, Codeine is included in Schedule II of narcotic drugs. This legal status means that all drugs containing the substance can only be distributed through legal pharmacy chains, dispensed with a doctor's prescription and taken by patients strictly according to indications. Similar restrictions exist for all derivatives (desomorphine, oxymorphine, norcodeine). The illegal manufacture and sale of drugs with Codeine is criminalized.

Narcotic effect

Codeine acts on the central nervous system much weaker than other opioids (hundreds of times less than heroin or methadone), but the substance still has a narcotic effect. This is due to the fact that Codeine stimulates the opiate receptors in the brain, they stimulate the antinociceptive system.

Under the influence of Codeine, a person feels warmth throughout the body. Blood pressure rises, pulse and respiration become more frequent. It seems that the head is clearing up, I want to move more. Mood improves, problems seem minor.

The higher the dosage of the drug, the more pronounced the intoxication will be. A safe therapeutic dose is 80 mg of Codeine. Euphoria and increased activity are observed with the use of 120-300 mg of the substance. More than 350 mg can have the opposite effect: instead of cheerfulness, a person falls into oblivion, hallucinations begin.

How a drug is made from syrup

To make a drug, criminals do not need pure Codeine. Any pharmacy drug like Nurofen or Codelac is enough for them. Medicines are mixed with different types of alcohol, energy drinks, tranquilizers. In the club scene in America and Europe, the following codeine-containing drugs are common:

Pearl or Erp - narcotic syrup, tonic and mineral water. Food coloring is added for color.
Drank or Lean Cocktail is a soda with cough syrup to which marijuana or promethazine is added.
"Dirty Sprite" - lemon soda, codeine drugs and tranquilizers.

Both drugs with Codeine and codeine-containing drugs are addictive and tolerant of the body (to get the effect, you need to constantly increase the dose). This threatens overdose and pathologies caused by excessive use of potent substances. That is why all products with Codeine should be drunk only as directed by a doctor, follow the instructions. If this is not done, drug addiction will develop.

How to recognize a codeine addict

The codeine addict loses an objective assessment of his condition, does not consider himself addicted. Only relatives and friends can help him if they notice the signs of drug addiction in time and convince him to seek treatment in a specialized clinic. You can determine the dependence of a patient taking drugs with Codeine for pain or cough by the symptoms:

After taking the funds, the patient's mood improves, but after 1-2 hours the patient becomes too irritable and sad.
According to the patient, without a pill or syrup, the state of health will be too bad, therefore, in no case should Codeine be canceled.
The patient constantly demands to increase the dosage of the medication.
Without taking Codeine, a person develops withdrawal symptoms: insomnia, headache, nausea, vomiting, weakness, etc.

Experienced codeine addicts always show signs of social degradation. A person becomes indifferent to his loved ones, he loses interest in his previous hobbies, work, study.

Due to prolonged abuse of the drug, there is a deterioration in the functioning of the brain - memory lapses may appear, concentration decreases. Due to drugs, metabolism is disturbed, appetite disappears, a person becomes too thin.

Addiction treatment

With a single use of codeine-containing drugs, drug addiction does not develop. Addiction occurs after about 10-14 days of daily intake of the drug. If we are talking about the treatment with Codeine (in compliance with the dosage), then drug dependence is eliminated at home. To do this, in the last week of the course, the dose is gradually reduced, reducing the intake to nothing.

When the codeine drug is used not for medicinal purposes, but for getting high, then it will not be possible to get rid of the addiction on your own. We need to go to a drug treatment clinic.

In the hospital, detoxification will first be carried out - cleansing the body of the remains of Codeine. The next stage is therapy for withdrawal withdrawal. The patient is injected with polyionic solutions, given vitamins, hepatoprotectors, nootropics, drugs for seizures, etc. Sessions with a psychotherapist will definitely be needed - the doctor helps to understand the problem, motivates the person for a healthy life without drugs.

The duration of the treatment of codeine addiction is determined by the experience of drug addiction and the dosage of the drugs taken. On average, drug therapy lasts from 2 to 6 weeks. It is recommended to attend sessions with a psychotherapist for 2-4 months.

Effects

When using Codeine on the recommendation of doctors and observing the dosage and duration of the course, health problems will not arise. If codeine-containing drugs are taken unnecessarily and in increased concentration, then in addition to withdrawal, side effects may occur due to the destructive effect on the body:

From the digestive system: abdominal pain, anorexia, gastralgia, intestinal obstruction.
Pathologies of the cardiovascular system: decreased smooth muscle tone, chronic hypotension.
From the nervous system: depression, exacerbation of schizophrenia.
From the senses: ringing in the ears, blurred vision.

It is important to note that addiction to Codeine threatens with uncontrolled intake of a large amount of the drug and subsequent overdose. It is manifested by nausea, vomiting, a sharp decrease in blood pressure, depression of the respiratory center, cardiac arrest. If in acute poisoning you do not provide immediate assistance (do not introduce antidotes, do not do artificial respiration or heart massage), then the person will die.

It is better not to risk your life - for this you should not try to improve your mood with drugs and take Codeine only if prescribed by your doctor.

With the rise of Houston hip-hop in the South of the United States, and then throughout America, the local tradition of consuming codeine cough syrup began to attract more attention.

The most acclaimed names of the mixture sipped from the indispensable foam plastic cups were "drank", "sizzrp", "lin", "purp" or simply "yurp". Since a certain time, syrup has become the main theme of songs and videos created in Houston - the cultural wasteland of America. Influenced by the first shingles, the infamous Dj Screw in the early 90s came up with a new sound for hip-hop called "chopped and screwed" (which Russian-speaking scribblers agreed to translate as "chopped and slowed down"). Skrew took some hip-hop and slowed it down until it turned into a meditative mushy mess that began to live its own life, separate from the original. The relaxed sluggishness of the compositions thus created showed a similarity to the effect of a syrup. Since then, a similar technique has become widely used and, through the efforts of the SALEM group, formed the basis of the wichhaus.

While there are different ways to make pearl shingles, its main ingredient is a cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine. Further, the syrup is diluted with any tonic or mineral water, in which you can first dissolve a ball from Chupa-Chups. The syrup is traditionally blown from disposable white foam cups for $ 20 a pack of 1,000, which are safer for the planet than paper ones. Moreover, thanks to the numerous clips that put forward this picnic tableware as the only possible container for shingles, you can sip even organic soy milk from the glasses, everyone will still consider you codeine addicted.

1 - cough syrup (promethazine + codeine), 2 - Sprite, 3 - Styrofoam cup.

The first big ode to syrup was written by members of the Three 6 Mafia - their track "Purple Punch" was a real propaganda of the purple mixture. Being an addictive and not very useful pile, shingle probably pulled a lot of hip-hop figures out of the Timberlands, but the death of the already mentioned Dj Screw at the age of 29 is the most textbook. Screw is said to have squeezed shingles daily for the last year of his life, which gave the press reason to blame the shingles for the death of Robert Davis - the real name of Dj Screw.

Draunk may have played the main violin in the murder of Skrew, but, in addition, the Houston innovator had a hard labor schedule, he ate exclusively fatty fried food and smoked no less than Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a day. Judging by the intensity of libation with shingles, Screw, who has become the face of the syrupy lifestyle, has long laid rails to the lower worlds and only the ibogaine clinic could keep it from falling. On the other hand, he proved by his example the relative safety of taking shingles in moderation.

DJ Screw - Drank Up In My Cup (Chopped & Screwed)

The syrup, especially since Skrew's death, has been attacked by concerned groups more than once, which has not greatly damaged his image as the main drink of hip-hop, but only made it more difficult to find the necessary precursors. But, if you live in Houston, you can always drive the drug across the border to Mexico, where it is sold without a prescription. While syrup costs pennies and is associated with lethargy and decreased productivity, shingles are not perceived as an affordable drug for social bottom, like hawthorn tincture. On the contrary, thanks to the efforts of its main promoters, Houston swill has acquired the status of a symbol of material success and an expression of the Hustler spirit of the "dirty south".

The most prominent successor of the Dj Screw syrup business today is obviously Lil Wayne, whose entire work seems to be insisted on shingles. Soulja Boy has also appeared in front of the camera more than once with a foam cup in his hand. It so happened that it was shingle, and not, for example, OxyContin that became for rappers what chifir is for the White Swan prisoners. Drank appeared on its own without the participation of hip-hop - he only turned the passion for codeine-promethazine cocktails into an epidemic. Ultimately, everyone determines the concentration of syrup in their own glass.

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Purple Drank (Sizzurp, Texas tea, Lean, double cup, etc.) Is a legendary recreational drink from the culture of blues, hip-hop and black disco.

Pearl Drake was first invented and tested in the 1960s, by American blues musicians who made it from syrup Robitussin mixed with beer, later the beer was replaced by wine coolers. Such drinks were distributed mainly in Houston, Texas.

In the 1980s, the recipe for the drink changed, and in the 1990s it gained popularity in the hip-hop environment and since then its recipe has remained practically unchanged.

The most famous popularizer of the drink was Robert Earl Davis Jr. or DJ Screw, the founder of the screwed & chopped style, which was formed by the young DJ almost entirely under the influence of codeine syrups and pearl shingles in particular. His idea was quite simple - to change the speed of the record to a lower one, and thereby turn the most cheerful song into an audio-like viscous milkshake with the voice of Darth Vader. Such music was well listened to by fans of the pearl and together, music and drink, mutually complemented each other, gaining wide popularity.

Today Purple Drank includes:

- syrup with codeine and promethazine(The most "true" is Promethazine with codeine syrup, but variations are possible in the form of syrups with hydrocodone and oxycodone. The CIS version assumes codeine syrups "Kofeks" or "Kodarex". Also options in the form of syrups with dextromethorphan are possible, but this is completely different history…)

- carbonated drink Sprite / Mountain Dew / Fanta, other soda and soda options available

- candies Jolly Ranchers / other gelatinous or caramel candies / Chupa-Chups

- ice

Per serving is commonly used one 1 - 2 cans of syrup, for a total of about 250 - 500 ml, which is mixed with soda in a foam glass, candies / gelatins and ice are added to the resulting mixture - "Dirty Sprite" is ready.

Why did these cocktails become so popular? Why do they drink them? For the effects, of course: euphoria, sedation, relaxation, analgesia, pleasant sensations in the body, avoiding problems.

Classic opiate effects of codeine, opium alkaloid, supplemented with promethazine, which not only has a sedative, sedative, local anesthetic and mild hypnotic effect in itself, but also increases several times the effect of codeine and other opiates, significantly prolongs their action, decently reduces the required amount of codeine for any needs and being an antihistamine and antiemetic drug, it eliminates vomiting, nausea, itching and allergic reactions that may occur when taking codeine.

Outside the purple shingles, codeine syrups are used in the treatment cough, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, emphysema of the lungs and other pulmonary diseases, headaches and other pains of weak and moderate strength, neuralgia, diarrhea.

It is worth remembering about the possible side effects of the purple drink: lowering blood pressure, impaired coordination of movements, respiratory depression, dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, constipation, tremors, tinnitus, arrhythmias, convulsions, tremors. With prolonged use, the development of strong dependence and withdrawal syndrome is possible.

It is dangerous to mix pearl shingles with anything else, especially with alcohol, MAOIs, opioids, tranquilizers, neuroleptics, antihistamines, muscle relaxants. In case of an overdose, Purple Drank will be effective as well as an overdose of opioids.

It is the "dirty sprite" that over the past 15 years has caused the death of many famous and already cult artists, not to mention ordinary people. DJ Screw, Big Moe, Pimp C, A $ AP Yams - all of them were somehow ruined by cravings for codeine / promethazine. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Even more rappers at one time sat tight, and some later were able to cope with this habit - Danny Brown, A $ AP Rocky, 2 Chainz, Chief Keefe; all serious.

In our latitudes, similar syrups and in general, any drugs with codeine are sold by prescription, some are on the PCU.