"Break up that nasty phlegm build-up with..." said Lester

The saint who died of cough syrup poisoning.

"Rock's own Falstaff died reportedly of a cough syrup overdose..."
-- some blog

Read the original received wisdom.

And this good reference:

"[Some guy]: 'Lester [is] Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac all rolled into one.' Well, he would say that, wouldn't he, being the official biographer of the little Romilar scarfer."

"...At 19, he threw the I Ching to see whether he should drop a tab of acid or drink a bottle of Romilar..."

"For acid, the oracle came up with 'Inner Truth'; for Romilar, it said 'Confusion.' When the acid failed to kick in, he drank the bottle of Romilar..."

Quarts and quarts of received wisdom in the original.