Who makes it?

Posted by: Greg L. at June 4, 2008 2:56 PM

If it's popular in Houston, it's sure to slow your roll....with a screwed-driver...(add vodka)

Posted by: Anonymous at June 4, 2008 5:10 PM

I wonder if they serve it at Chalmun's Cantina in Mos Eisley! LooL361

Posted by: Dr. Han Solo at June 4, 2008 5:29 PM

Interesting. Houston rapper DJ Screw is the first person I remember talking about "drank," a concoction with codeine in it, and a host of others bring it up, too. "Gettin' their lean on," and slowing down.

Posted by: Randal A. at June 4, 2008 5:30 PM

the government

Posted by: Ian B. at June 4, 2008 5:43 PM

IMA GRIP AND SIP

Posted by: Jordan at June 4, 2008 5:45 PM

I've been waiting for something like this. Non alcoholic mellow buzz. Beautiful.

Posted by: Slowrolla at June 4, 2008 5:55 PM

PURPLE DRANK!

Posted by: werd at June 4, 2008 5:56 PM

TERRIBLE IDEA

you want MORE energy, not less - this drink is counter-productive

Posted by: Anonymous at June 4, 2008 6:06 PM

It's pretty obvious they're patterning this drink after "purple drank," a.k.a. Sprite with prescription cough syrup containing promethazine and codeine. It was popularized by Houston's DJ Screw, who happened to die from OD'ing on the stuff, and is very popular in the hip hop community in the south. There have been many songs about it or that mention in, mostly from Houston or southern rappers, however it is also mentioned on Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin," in which Houston rapper Pimp C mentions it by one of its other names, lean, in his first line (last verse):

"Uh, smokin out, throwin up, keep it lean up in my cup..."

Pimp C died from a combination of his sleep apnea and elevated levels of promethazine and codeine in his system.

I grew up and went to school in the South Park area of Houston, near where DJ Screw started putting out his underground mix tapes, and use of syrup/lean/drank became very popular in the late 90's in that area.

Posted by: Joseph at June 4, 2008 6:12 PM

Syrup sippin' halfway house?

Posted by: AlanB at June 4, 2008 6:13 PM

ZZZZZzzzzzzz ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: joe at June 4, 2008 6:20 PM

I'm from Houston, never heard of this stuff.

Posted by: Jordan at June 4, 2008 6:36 PM

Perfect for work!

Posted by: Geminate at June 4, 2008 6:48 PM

Hah, I am definitely going to get one of these as soon as I can.

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Posted by: The Linkist at June 4, 2008 7:12 PM

Marketing is the key here, lets think of pill heads popping extacy pills tripping balls, wanting to slow there near dead heart from the 142 bps... I mean hell, it already says "to slow your roll"...

Posted by: Just a side note. at June 4, 2008 7:31 PM

I live in Houston, and the convenience store at the end of the block has this stuff. While I am aware of the links to the hiphop drug culture, my fiancee and I actually find this stuff a fairly decent insomnia cure. I take melatonin most nights anyway, and it's got the same amount of melatonin, PLUS the valerian, etc.

So yeah. Weird stuff, questionable origin, but does have at least one decent use.

Posted by: MEH at June 4, 2008 7:47 PM

I'm from Houston, a city with opera and ballet companies that consistently draw great reviews, and many excellent fine-art galleries.


And all we get is a an article about "Drank". Maybe I can take some of this stuff with me to the opening night of a show...

Posted by: Phillip Abbott at June 4, 2008 10:39 PM

Hey Phillip,

True enough, and in fact you've got an excellent alt weekly there called the Houston Press, which covers all of those topics and more.
Check it out: http://www.houstonpress.com/

Thanks for reading,
Sarah

Posted by: Sarah DiGregorio at June 4, 2008 11:06 PM

Oh my, I'm exposed to a all kinds of interesting drink product pitches and even I hadn't seen this one yet. Funny find!

Posted by: Siobhan at June 5, 2008 12:39 AM

Imma buy you a drank...oowoah woah...you gonna pass out on me..

lol...I wonder if this would hit UK markets at all?

Posted by: Capt Charisma at June 5, 2008 12:42 AM

Wonder how it would taste with Jager????
Love me some SURUP! LOL
First Houston has NASA, Then the Medical Center
and now Ladies and Gentlemen
DRANK!

Posted by: Ox~ at June 5, 2008 3:40 AM

Melatonin is wonderful for sleep but it interferes with intellectual functioning.
Absurd!

Posted by: Tom at June 5, 2008 3:43 AM

Funny

Posted by: chorse at June 5, 2008 4:01 AM

whats the calories and carbs!

Posted by: me at June 5, 2008 8:13 AM

Looks like we are on our way to legally selling liquid rufies

Posted by: Drew at June 5, 2008 10:46 AM

Melatonin is wonderful for sleep but it interferes with intellectual functioning.
Absurd!

So mixing it with alcohol sounds like a swell idea. Drank 'n Vodka: all the stupid, twice the unconsciousness.

Posted by: Mr. Sticky at June 5, 2008 11:12 AM

Purple Drank is slang for cough syrup, promethazine, and codeine. Look up what it behind the silly name, before you give it free advertising, man. Even googling "Drank" without any arguments would have turned up enough to make one suspicious.

Posted by: coyote at June 5, 2008 12:36 PM

First I drink some Red Bull, then I drink some Drank, now I just go side-to-side...

Posted by: Bodie at June 5, 2008 12:55 PM

After reading all of the above posts, where do I purchase Drank? haha

Posted by: Anonymous at June 5, 2008 1:51 PM

What you know about them Texas boyzzzzzzz?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 5, 2008 2:22 PM

R.I.P. to all of the Houston rappers who pioneered the Screwed up way of life. Pour out some drank for em ;-)

Posted by: Anonymous at June 5, 2008 2:50 PM

Hip Hop and grape drink...stereotypes

Posted by: Jo Momma at June 5, 2008 3:09 PM

just so y'all know, 'rolling' is slang for being high on exstacy, this drink is pretty brazenly being marketed as a come-down, a sort of more user-friendly quaalude. if you're all coked up, or on some kind of speed or hallucinogen, you drink this and it calms you down some. that's the point.

Posted by: ben at June 5, 2008 4:50 PM

Smoke a joint if you need something to relax you.... This is pointless!

Posted by: Stephen at June 5, 2008 5:00 PM

Doesn't anything mix well with Vodka? I could chase vodka with a can of tomatoes and it would mix well. I think they should have added the codiene too, then I would buy Drank.

Posted by: Some drunk at June 5, 2008 5:13 PM

"awwww cool guys we got milk, OJ, sunny d, and OH YEAH SOME MO' FUCKIN' DRANK DAWG!!!!". The commercial might sound something like that, props to Dave Chapplle for the joke template!

Posted by: Aaron at June 5, 2008 6:27 PM

You can order cases from Mooney Distributing in Houston
281-354-7919
They deliver Drank and Redline to the c-stores. I bought a case off the driver
for 30 bucks but they said that is store pricing and you might pay like 40-50 as an individual.\
Look for the Redline van... they got it!

Posted by: Shawn at June 5, 2008 7:48 PM

is there a website for this so i can see where i can get it at

Posted by: evan at June 5, 2008 7:59 PM

I found the distributor for Drank when I was at a convenience store in Houston.
It gets delivered with the Redline drinks.
The van says Mooney Distributing
281-354-7919 and the web site is
redlinedrinks.com
It ain't on their van or site but they got it. I bought a case from the driver for 30 bucks which is store prices for 24 cans. Stores sell it for 2.49 per can so that is cheap. The driver says individuals usually pay 40- 50 per case
but they had too many for that days route so I got lucky. They got cool videos under media on the site.
Mix redline and drank and yo won't need alcohol!

Posted by: Shawn at June 5, 2008 8:12 PM

if you think this is stupid or dumb then it's not for you! urban style has reinvented america hate it or love it. if you don't know what it is educate yourself and if you don't care then back off. houston has a lot including some of the countries best indie rappers. besides, nelly had his pimp juice

Posted by: southern soulja at June 5, 2008 8:24 PM

I live in the Midwest, when can I get my drank on?

Posted by: Dan at June 5, 2008 10:03 PM

Yo guys pack some dope in yr dome & yr good to go. Why taste crappy fake grape from these morons? grab a joint you hosers

Posted by: Billy Obvious at June 5, 2008 10:34 PM

i drank drank...

and i slept slapt

Posted by: arnig at June 5, 2008 11:57 PM

Fo' sheezy! I be drankin' that sheeeoit wif sum Stoli.

Posted by: LeTpny at June 6, 2008 1:48 AM

oh man, no more Steele Reserve + grape Mad-Dog's for me... i gotta gets me some DRANK!!!

Posted by: sam at June 6, 2008 2:22 AM

sounds good

Posted by: dora_rice at June 6, 2008 7:57 AM

I live in Spring Branch in Houston, where the hell can I find this at? If you know HOLLA!

Posted by: Angela at June 6, 2008 1:06 PM

Does anyone know who actually makes this? Want to know where to find it!

Posted by: Mark T at June 6, 2008 5:25 PM

I was in Monroe, LA and I saw Drank in a few nightclubs there. The club loved it and they mixed Drank with Hypnotic and they call it Lollipop...it was off the chain! The dirty south with all the chopped & screwed is the perfect market fo' this product. Hypnotic + Drank = Lollipop tastes great, ladies love it.

Posted by: UniqueBeverages at June 7, 2008 3:25 AM

Can you O'D on this stuff?

can you ?!?

Posted by: lolz at June 7, 2008 12:23 PM

I live over in the katy area of houston, any1 know where i can grab some of this stuff ( i dont want a case juse a few cans)

Posted by: matt at June 7, 2008 5:32 PM

BUY AT
DRANK.ecrater.com

Posted by: Robb at June 9, 2008 1:59 AM

This drank stuff is a hack drink. The real deal relaxation drink that gives you a sense of calm without the crash is "Vacation in a Bottle" or ViB (www.drinkvib.com). It has recently become available in Dallas, TX and it tastes great by itself or mixed.

Posted by: Brody Lancaster at June 9, 2008 10:42 AM

Jessica Simpson is part 0wner in a relaxation drink.....which is supposed to be calming and not make you sleepy, called Vacation in a Bottle.
http://cbs11tv.com/local/Celebrity.drink.vacation.2.711826.html

Posted by: umbrellagurl at June 9, 2008 10:55 AM

THAT LEEEEAAAANNN!!!!

Posted by: Texas T at June 9, 2008 12:35 PM

Yeah, as if Houston needs to go any slower.

Posted by: john1117 at June 9, 2008 1:30 PM

who the fuck said this is better than alcohol for your body- you are retarded- it's fucking cough syrup

Posted by: Anon at June 11, 2008 9:15 AM

Um, Joseph, that's "smokin' out, pourin' up", not "throwing up". I've never heard a rapper brag about vomiting.

Posted by: KT at June 12, 2008 12:41 AM

Shaping Youth just did a post on what's toxic vs. true in the energy drink market, (links at the end) so I added this Drank 'heads up' for kids who will no doubt be impacted on the teen scene...sigh.

Just because something CAN be marketed doesn't mean it should be. Where's the transparency and disclosure on the ethical front, people? Do we need to wait until some middle-schooler barfs their brains out or ODs by 'drinkin too many Dranks?' ugh.

Even in the 'healthy beverages' market we need to know 'what's in this stuff'---here's my post on same:
http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=1716

Posted by: Shaping Youth at June 12, 2008 11:10 AM

Partypooper!!

Always banning whats scary.

Posted by: Zana at June 17, 2008 6:02 PM

i think the shaping youth moron needs to get over it.
kids are going to do what they want no matter how much she cares that they don't.
this drink sounds like a great stress reliever.

Posted by: Anon at June 26, 2008 1:26 PM

LOL AT HOUSTON PRESS BEING AN "ALT WEEKLY". YOU ARE AWARE THAT ONE COMPANY OWNS ALL OF THE COOKIE CUTTER "ALT WEEKLIES" FROM COAST TO COAST, RIGHT?

Posted by: FROMTX at June 27, 2008 4:31 PM

Just tried some Drank. Bought a can from my barber in Ruston, LA. I drank about 75 % the Mrs. drank the rest. If you want a sleep aide, drink it a good hour before bedtime. This is kicking my butt now. Feels like I'm on some stuff from the 70's. I just had to go online to see how its sold and where I can buy it. Life is hell RedBull in the A.M. Drank in the P.M. Holla Back Yall.

Posted by: Nolan at June 29, 2008 12:36 AM

The FDA forced Cocaine energy drink to change its name because they objected to using a street drug as a marketing campaign.

Since the FDA is predominantly old white people, "drank" will go under the radar.

Posted by: anon at July 9, 2008 9:57 PM

Trust housten Mo Fo's to come up with such a dumb idea. What FUCKTARDS

Posted by: Boob Biter at July 10, 2008 10:51 AM

A couple of sources to purchase and explore:

www.getdrank.com
www.myspace.com/drankbeverage
www.drankstore.com

Posted by: Drank at July 14, 2008 12:50 PM

yep i instantly thought it was a drink to have when your coming down from something like ecstasy...but yeah i doubt it really has an effect just like lean, purple drink, 24 or w/e u want to call it.

Posted by: yep at July 17, 2008 8:00 PM

jajaja no

Posted by: ara at August 11, 2008 6:50 PM

Lol Slow your roll.

Posted by: lulz at August 21, 2008 8:49 PM

I jus bought 3 cans last night

Posted by: CoopDog at September 5, 2008 6:49 PM

Ahhhhhhhh PURPLE DRANK!

Sounds like something the NYC market might embrace for a minute. Crunk is still surviving in the stores so you never know.

We all should be on the lookout for DRANK at the X-Games sponsoring the next Chad Muska or Ryan Sheckler. This is a direct hit at Red Bull styled companies & their core demographics.

They should pay Brand Nubians for the rights to use "Slow Down" as the promotional track...

Just my thoughts...

All the best,

wwwDutchLabUSA.com

Posted by: Dutch Damasta at September 8, 2008 11:56 PM

I love this stuff!! We sell it at work (a Dallas-area tobacco shop) and it does what it says! for those who are saying "more energy is better, not less!" ... Well, i guess you've never had an anxiety or sleeping disorder. This stuff is seriously like a dose of Tylenol pm.

It also mixes very well with grape, vanilla, or plain vodka! If you mix it, you get a serious buzz like youve had twice as much to drink (so drink at home please!) but absolutely no hangover!

Don't be fooled by imitations like Purple Stuff though, they may taste really good but they don't deliver any effect at all like Drank does. That's why it flies off the shelves, even at 5 bucks a can!!

Posted by: kaia kb at September 26, 2008 8:47 PM

it does what it says, i am leaning in my chair. great stuff

Posted by: 3rdcoast at September 30, 2008 10:00 PM

Check this out

http://www.mypurplestuff.com

Posted by: Texas T at October 3, 2008 10:03 PM

Good stuff! I just smoked a joint and had a can. Very relaxing.

Posted by: JTex at October 16, 2008 1:13 AM

People on here are dumb. Its just a drink. People drink coke and coke is way F***ing bad than this stuff. I drink drank and go to the doctor and he says nothing is wrong with me. Its just another drink they put out in the market. People did all the things you haters are doing now, talkin s**t about there produce b/c you didn't think of the idea. Go do some thing productive with yourselves, and just never buy the drank, your opinions mean nothing...there still gonna sell and make more...

Posted by: King Famous at October 18, 2008 4:12 PM

i need some of this asap

Posted by: Josh N. at October 30, 2008 4:29 PM

Yo i stay in dallas and i got some last friday , then hit up my dude and scooped up a 4th of that OiL and double cuped iT ALSO mixed way better that the normal sprite mix and with the other vitamins that are calming also i wasLEANED OUT all night. So if u pour up try DRANK

Posted by: RED---HAZE at November 3, 2008 12:32 AM

In houston only?? Awww... I was just there too even though i've been looking for this for a while! Oh well. I need it so bad though since of course, it would be illegal for a teen to drink vodka in public. Good thing I'm in Europe. Go dessert wine! =D

Posted by: KitCatKun at November 5, 2008 9:54 PM

I prefer have energy more than loose it, so I drink Hype Energy Drinks

Posted by: antonio at November 6, 2008 3:44 AM

Melatonin is a wonderful natural sleep aid (naturally made in your body). It should be taken before bedtime in controlled doses every night. It sometimes takes a week before getting the full effects. It can be bought at most grocery and health food stores.

Valerian root may have some toxicity. Google it for varied answers. Which means drinking it with alcohol is not a smart thing, neither is putting it in a gimmicky energy drink marketed for hip hop culture.

Grape drink with downers yo.

Posted by: Gino at November 16, 2008 10:26 AM

If you're in the DFW area, I found Drank at D&H Mini Mart, 800 Brown Trail, Bedford, TX 76022.

Posted by: DrunkenDrankster at November 21, 2008 10:18 PM

Also at 2402 Sherman St, Grand Prairie, TX 75051

Posted by: Drankster at November 21, 2008 10:34 PM

really? I’d stay away from something that “relaxes” you like Promethean.
Hmm….I wonder what the ingredients are though not the same poisonous chemicals that are in sleeping pills I hope.

Exfuze Seven - Next Generation Superfood

Posted by: Anonymous at November 27, 2008 11:29 PM

oh man where do i start, first it taste like grape and an energy drink but doesn't happen to give you energy. I drank one today during lunch and fell asleep for 2 periods straight, some "Drank" :) eh? im definetaly going to buy one today for tommorow morning ;)

Posted by: drank dude at December 4, 2008 8:37 PM

Drank is great cure for people trying to get to sleep without the use of alcohol.

I brought some home for family and friends in NJ and they loved it.

It seriously makes you tired, so don't drink it if you're going out. That is definitely counter productive.

But it tastes great and helps me get to sleep without "knocking you out" like other sleep aids. And the can is big, so if you get up in the middle of the night and you haven't finished your can, take a sip. Boom. Sleeping again.

Posted by: ryan at December 10, 2008 1:03 PM

PENIS is delicious

Posted by: darby at December 11, 2008 11:35 AM

It is the shiznat

Posted by: Ryan H. at December 12, 2008 6:54 PM

help me how can i order the drank how much coast me thank you for your help

Posted by: sam at December 15, 2008 5:35 PM

If you live in the Killeen/ Fort Hood area, they have it at the Valero/Church's on Stan Schluter.

BTW all you people talkin down on it are only talkin down because you haven't had it. Although it took like 2 hrs for it to work, it did.

Posted by: V-REDD at December 29, 2008 10:49 AM