The Other Fifteen

JaMarcus was caught with the Purple Drank yesterday by police.  For those that aren’t in the know, sizzurp and purple drank are terms for a drug concoction consisting of codeine cough syrup mixed with Cool Aid or Sprite and Jolly Ranchers to sweeten it.  It’s also referred to as “lean” due to your inability to stand up straight afterward.  It’s really popular down south, and originated in the Houston hip hop scene.  It then spread throughout the south and to the rest of the country from there.  It’s EXTREMELY addictive and pretty deadly given the amounts that addicts drink it in.  In fact, the cocktail is blamed in the death of DJ Screw and Pimp C.  Now Lil Wayne has admitted to being addicted, and there was a big Outside the Lines piece on its prevalence in sports. Here’s hoping that JaMarcus can get treatment and kick his addiction so he can get back to stealing millions of dollars from the Raiders and sitting on his fat ass.