Her name ? The Purple Drank. Appeared in the early 1990s in the United States, this artisanal cocktail harmful to health (whose name means “purple drink” in French) has just arrived in France, and is already wreaking havoc among our teens. Thus, according to the Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), he has already taken some young people to the hospital, and is responsible for certain intoxications. For its part, the National Order of Pharmacists is sounding the alarm.
Mix cough syrup (!) And antiallergic drugs, sold over-the-counter in pharmacies: you get a drink with certainly relaxing effects, but which also causes a feeling of euphoria and hallucinations. Blame it on the presence of two molecules derived from opium: the codeine and dextromethorphan.
The side effects ? Vomiting, respiratory distress, convulsions. “The risk is really the coma and coma complications, adds the toxicologist Jérôme Langrand, interviewed by France Info. There is also a high risk of vomiting in his bronchial tubes. “
Very fashionable among American rappers (including Lil Wayne and Asap Rocky) the Purple Drank would have caused the death of several of them. A new trend to watch closely …
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