Dangerous Things Kids Are Doing Part XCVIVII: Sizzurp

[Initech]

Attention, parents: Young people are using a drink with a funny-sounding name — “sizzurp” — to get high, and the consequences are anything but amusing.

Doctors are warning that the drug, which is made by combining soda, candy and prescription cough syrup with codeine in it, can be deadly.

“This is a very dangerous drug,” said Dr. Robert Glatter of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. “It can lead to seizures and essentially lead you to stop breathing.”

Glatter told TODAY national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen that he’s encountered several teenagers hooked on sizzurp in his emergency room.

“It’s quite addictive,” Glatter said. “The sweetness of the soda and candy combined with the drug itself makes people want to have this all day long. ... They just don’t know how much they’ve had throughout the day and by then, it’s almost too late.”

http://www.today.com/news/whats-sizzurp-dangerous-way-kids-get-high-2D11976739

This is what Justin Beiber got arrested for being under the influence of, and it's also what 35 years of failed anti-drug policies have brought us. Thanks Reagan!

[kcr]

1. It's not even new

I know I've heard of this before, years ago.

[Tree-Hugger]

2. AKA "Purple Drank"

This is what a lot of people said Trayvon was going to make with his Skittles and tea.....implying that it justified GZ murdering him.

[Blue_Tires]

3. LOL at anyone thinking Martin was getting buzzed with candy and iced tea

but of course that case was the great public "outing" of years and years of dormant racial stereotypes...

[Tree-Hugger]

5. My understanding

is that you can't even make this Sizzurp stuff with Trayvon's skittles and tea. But, they just kept going at it, as if it justified him being slaughtered. The racism brought to light was disgusting.

[shraby]

4. How in the hell are kids getting a prescription with codeine in it?

[Glassunion]

6. You don't need a prescription for cough syrup with codeine in all states.