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Laura E Agnich1, John M Stogner, Bryan Lee Miller
1Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8105, Statesboro, GA 30460-8105, United States. lagnich@georgiasouthern.edu
Abstract:
A mixture of codeine cough syrup with alcohol and/or a soft drink known as "purple drank" has gained media attention in recent years as a drug associated with professional athletes and southern rap music. The existing research on purple drank consumption has primarily utilized samples of African Americans residing in the Houston, Texas area. This is the first scholarly study of purple drank use outside of the Houston, Texas area among a general population of young adults, and indicates that purple drank use is not limited to African American males. The findings depict higher odds of the use of purple drank among other racial and ethnic groups, males, and homosexual, bisexual, and transgender college students from urban areas.
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