AS DRUGS continue to plague communities across South Africa, Cape Town has seen a surge of “lean” usage.
In an operation on the Cape Flats, the City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith, said they were alerted to an increase in cough syrup being sold to children and teens across the metropole.
During crime prevention operations in Lavender Hill on Friday, Smith said residents were explaining how cough syrup is being bought and mixed with fizzy drinks by laaities.
The mixture, known as “lean”, is consumed in order to experience an intoxicated state, with many users claiming to experience a high.
The drink goes by many names, such as “surp”, “sizzurp”, “purp” and “purple drank”.
During the operation, Smith explained they found cough…
