Lil Wayne may be facing felony drug charges for possessing pot, coke and Ecstasy, but his real problem is an addiction to prescription cough syrup - Promethazine VC with Codeine. "If I go off it," he tells Blender, "I go into withdrawls."

The rapper usually can be found with "drank," "lean" or "sizzurp" - a cupful of syrup mixed with Hawaiian Punch - in his hand.

Promethazine VC with Codeine (sold by Atavis) contains 10 mg of codeine phosphate, 6.25 mg of promethazine HCI, 5 mg of phenylephrene HCI and 7% alcohol. It has a red-orange color and strawberry flavor, and generally sells for $30 per pint.

Promethazine is an antihistamine for allergies and nausea. Codeine is a mild opiate which has anti-tussive properties.

"Drank" was popularized by Houston DJ Screw, who overdosed on it in 2000. Since then, rapper Pimp C has also died from sizzurp. 

Arizona Border Patrol stopped Lil Wayne's bus in Yuma on Jan. 22. A serach found 3.75 ounces of marijuana, 29 grams of cocaine, 41 grams of Ecstasy, $22,000 and a gun. Wayne (a.k.a. Dwayne Carter Jr.) was charged with felony counts of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of a narcotic for sale, possession of drug paraphernaila and misconduct involving weapons.

"If [the police] would have stopped [the bus] that night, and I had everything under control, it wouldn't have been nothing," he tells MTV. "I was irresponsible at that time. Fucked up on my part. No ifs, ands, buts about it. I don't blame nobody but myself. I can't blame nobody for not taking my charge... This is my bus."

Pics: Lil Wayne on the bus that was busted and prescription sizzurp 

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