The Choking Game
I’ve never heard of this before. If it’s really a trend, it’s something parents ought to be aware of. Scary stuff.
An 11-year-old Horsham boy died over the weekend while playing a high-risk game in which children and teenagers cut off the flow of oxygen to the brain as a way to get high.
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Children, usually between the ages of 9 and 17, cut off oxygen to the brain using a belt, rope, sheet or other item and tying it to a bedpost or doorknob.
People who faint before they release the pressure choke themselves. Those who don’t die can still kill large numbers of brain cells and the variation in blood pressure can cause strokes, seizures and retinal damage.
The game is also known as the Pass-Out Game, Knock Out, Gasp, Space Monkey, Suffocation, Fainting and American Dream.
http://myopiczeal.blogsome.com/2005/12/14/the-choking-game/trackback/
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