Drinking Lean: The Codeine Based Drink Associated With Hip Hop Culture

Lean is the name of a codeine-based drink that has become popular within some strands of hip hop culture in the US - and now it has made its way to Bristol. It is made with prescribed codeine-based cough syrup, but, when mixed with alcohol and other drugs like Xanax, it poses an extreme overdose risk.

Here, Drugsland highlights the dangers of Lean, as well as meeting some musicians from Bristol who consume the drink.

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