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Five music idols blamed for the Codeine abuse craze

Gucci Mane and TI [Photo: Courtesy]
  • The use of codeine has been glamourized by many celebrities
  • It goes without saying that Codeine seeped through the world through Hip-hop
  • The mainstream use of codeine is largely blamed on Bieber

The use of codeine has been glamourized by many celebrities making it even appealing to the common man’s eye.

Codeine has been sang about in over 40 songs such as Future’s Codeine Crazy and used by celebrities across the board. Popular rapper T.I is one such person.

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