Drank: The Anti-Energy Drink
Jun 5, 2008 Found Online
I just received a direct tweet from Jas_on informing me of a drink called “Drank”. It’s billed as the “anti-energy drink”, and it’s slogan is “Slow your roll”. Check it:
Drank anti-energy drink finds it’s roots in “purple drank,” a slang term for a concoction popularized in the South by the hip-hop community, according to Wikipedia. Purple drank typically includes promethazine-codeine cough syrup which produces a stoned sedation. Promethazine is an antihistamine while codeine is an opiate narcotic. The syrup is colored purple hence “Purple drank.”
Initially, I had mixed feelings about this. I mean, hey, if you drink a can before bed, maybe it will help you sleep, I dunno. But then I went to the Wikipedia page for it and read this:
Purple drank is confirmed or suspected to have caused the deaths of several prominent users. Respiratory depression is a potentially serious or fatal adverse drug reaction associated with the use of codeine. This depression is dose-related and is the mechanism for the potentially fatal consequences of overdose: respiratory or cardiac arrest. (Wikipedia)
Cardiac Arrest? Maybe drinking this stuff is not the best idea and I should stick with good, old fashioned CRUNK!!! Energy Drink.
Have you ever heard of this stuff?
The Consumerist (via Jas_on)
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Tags: cardiac arrest, crunk, drank, energy, Health
June 5th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
David Pescovitz og Boing Boing seems to think that Drank the beverage is not the same as Purple Drank the rec drug. Should be safe, but not necessarily pleasant.