Posted on 08/16/2005 9:56:25 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
HOUSTON -- Houston has become known nationally as the "City of Syrup" because the abuse of codeine-fortified cough syrup among the city's youth is so widespread, a local researcher says.
The reputation is reflected in a trial that begins Tuesday of six pharmacists charged with illegally dispensing the highly addictive prescription cough syrup codeine with promethazine.
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When I was a teenager this stuff was over the counter. I knew people who drank it with Tuinal. Show's how old I am.
In Houston, they refer to it as "Sizzurp."
Hell, even Nyquil would give you a good buzz.
What is Tuinal?
I don't understand it either. Maybe crack or meth costs too much?
Some of the ingredients have to be purchased elsewhere, though. But yeah, most of meth can easily be bought at Wal-Mart.
Not in my neighborhood!
I thought Tuinal was a painkiller for terminal cancer patients.
"I thought Tuinal was a painkiller for terminal cancer patients."
You may be right. The red and green capsules used to be called Christmas Trees.
Tuinal is the brand name of a drug that combines two barbiturates - secobarbital and amobarbital - in equal proportions.
Although both secobarbital and amobarbital are classified as short-acting barbiturates, combining the two drugs results in a longer duration of action, thus making the combination medically useful in situations requiring both a long and intense period of sedation. As a result, most legitimate medical use of the combination takes place in a hospital setting.
Tuinal worked like a Qualude.
Boring..yawn...cough syrup to get high/drunk whatever? must be a slow news day
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