In a bit of fate, Courtney opened her purse and displayed her own vial of cough syrup, a more powerful brand.
Last year, a study found that 5.5 percent of surveyed 12th graders had gotten high off cough syrup in one way or another.
Overdosing on cough syrup is what killed rapper Pimp C in 2008 and what is suspected to have caused the death of Big Moe in 2007.
Sizzurp-sized helpings of cough syrup can exceed up to 25 times the recommended dose.
"Tastes like cough syrup and alcohol," growled Ellis, scowling and sipping.
This circumstance alone has preserved the lives of thousands whom no cough syrup, or cod-liver oil could have saved.
I'll invent the graphophone, the kodak, the vitascope, an' Milliken's cough syrup an' a lot of other big modern inventions.
Copernicus tried to convince himself that the profit from the cough syrup would comfort him for his disappointment.
cough syrup n.
A sweetened medicated liquid taken orally to ease coughing.
noun phrase
Bribe or blackmail money paid to silence someone (1925+ Underworld)