Lean Machine

I have not been fortunate enough to spend any time on the sideline of an NFL game. I heard someone on ESPN Radio refer to the "concussive intensity" of the game when seen up close. No question, these guys are enormous...and so are their appetites for mind-altering substances off the field. I now have great curiousity about the amount of "lean" that is being used/sold in the NFL. Is this the party drug of choice now? Give me LT, two ladies, and some columbian marching powder in a stall in a midtown nightclub, thats traditional. Cough syrup?

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chargers strong safety Terrence Kiel to shipping two parcels of prescription cough syrup to Texas, DEA officials said Wednesday, a day after the player was arrested at team headquarters.

While Kiel did not tell the DEA his motive, the agency in Texas has found widespread abuse of codeine-based cough syrup mixed with soft drinks or drugs and referred to as "lean," said John S. Fernandes, the special agent in charge of the San Diego office. A pint bottle of "lean" can cost between $200 and $325 on the street, he said.