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Policing Matters Podcast: The dangers of ‘purple drank’

Jim and Doug discuss a high popular with young people: Promethazine and Codeine

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Kids have been abusing various substances for decades. Tobacco, marijuana, hashish, and cold medications top the list. Kids have been “huffing” inhalants (gasoline, ammonia, glue, and even spray paint) for years. Kids have gotten into heavier drugs like barbiturates, cocaine, meth, heroin, codeine, oxycodone, Vicodin, and a host of others. A new high popular with young people is pharmaceutical-strength Promethazine and Codeine. In this week’s podcast, Jim and Doug discuss the dangers of “Purple Drank.”

Policing Matters law enforcement podcast with host Jim Dudley features law enforcement and criminal justice experts discussing critical issues in policing