Fortunately, you can’t call a common lin drink. Therefore, many even the name is unfamiliar. But information on the composition and properties of the product should be known to both adolescents and their parents. Why should the word “lin” be heard from a child alert? Let's figure it out.
Drink origin
There was a drink lin in the southern part of the United States, was in demand among fans of hip-hop. DJ Screw is considered its inventor and main promoter.
Youth enthusiastically took the novelty. The cocktail looked aggressive and catchy thanks to the purple color, and its action, according to lovers, helped to relax.
What is the reason for the unusual color and ling effect? The drink recipe suggested the use of certain pharmacy preparations containing codeine and promethazine. Cough syrup, diluted with sweet soda, Sprite or a low-alcohol drink, turns into a dangerous cocktail with the effect of a recreational drug.
DJ Skrew came up with more than just a drink. His trademark was the invention of a peculiar technique in music, when a hip-hop hit with the help of equipment slowed down, turning into an oppressive, viscous composition. Such music became an excellent background for the use of lina, and subsequently the musical style and drink increased each other's popularity and distribution, forming the basis of a new youth subculture.
Other names
You can find some varieties of the name of the drink. Lin is not his only name, and not the most common. In their historical homeland, the drink was more often referred to as: “sizzrp”, “perp”, “shingles”. The names were coined for conspiracy, and the word “perp” clearly shows a connection with the English “purple” (violet).
The principles of preparation of the drink
Since the link currently belongs to the list of precursors, its production may cause problems with the law. But it is advisable for every teenager to know the general principles of preparation in order to avoid tasting this drink.
How to make a lin? It is always based on cough syrup, mixed with tonic, mineral water, low alcohol drink. No complicated technological processes are used; liquids are simply mixed in one bowl. Often a candy, for example, chupa-chups dissolves in a mixture.
If the company offers to try such a cocktail, you should refuse (though in some cases it will turn out to be a dummy, because the suitable syrup also belongs to the list of precursors, therefore it is not sold without a prescription).
In the south of the United States, business with precursors has always been different, which has served the unkind service of popularizing the lyn. Neighboring Mexico has much milder laws regarding the sale of medicines, so there were no problems with the extraction of necessary drugs among the local youth.
Danger to life and health
Consider the composition of the drink. Lin contains components that inhibit the respiratory centers. In a medicine that is used according to indications, these substances work differently, and a single dose from a spoonful of syrup is much lower than from a glass of len.
As a result, there comes relaxation, inhibition of reactions, a slowdown in life processes. The condition seems unusual, attracting with its novelty - this has always aroused the interest of young people in the purple cocktail.
According to experts, even the first test portion is dangerous to life and health. You do not need to drink a few liters of lynn to block breathing and lose control of the body.
By the way, the inventor lina died precisely from codeine and promethazine overdose. It is reliably established that this drink became the cause of the death of the musician. There were many similar tragic cases, which caused increased attention of the authorities to the purple cocktail and the introduction of corresponding bans.
Legal analogues
Some manufacturers decided to make money on the popularity of the drink. Lin in its original form, of course, cannot be legally produced either in the US or in other countries, but in 2008 the Texas-based Innovative Beverage Group launched the similarly colored Drank beverage on the market. The action was claimed to be anti-energetic, but based not on codeine and promethazine, but on soothing herbs. Later in the United States, analogues appeared on sale, one of which even bears the name Lean, but it has nothing to do with the invention of Skryu except the color.