Purple Drank

Purple Drank (also known as "Dirty Sprite", Lean, and "Sizzurp") is a mixture of prescribed medication (sugary blend) with a soda drink. Originally from Texas, this drink can bring quite the effects, such as urinary retention, drowsiness, sleepiness, and low heart rate.

Top 10 facts about this drug

 * Lil Wayne's plane had to take an emergency landing because he suffered seizures because of this drug.
 * Pimp C (a hip hopper), actual name: Chad Butler, died from lean in his sleep in 2007.
 * Schoolboy Q (a rapper), actual name: Quincy Matthew Hanley, revealed in April 2012, that he quit sipping lean and was getting help from the drug.
 * The drug was widely used in Texas in 2000, but the number of users dropped. Sadly, the number rose again in 2011.
 * Two rappers have died from it: including DJ Screw and musician Big Hawk, both from Houston, Texas (where it originated).
 * JaMarcus Russel, a footballer, was arrested being found with a syrup.
 * Rappers like Justin Bieber have glorified purple drank in their music.
 * [From the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration] 1 in 10 teens have tried purple drank to get high!
 * A YT search on Purple Drank gets thousands of hits.