In what world do we actually need the Center for Disease Controls to issue a warning that choking each other could result in serious injury or death?
And as a subtopic, why are kids so frickin' STOOOOOOOOOOPID!
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CDC warns of deaths from 'choking game'
At least 82 youths, mostly boys, killed by self-strangulation, study finds
Government health officials warned Thursday that a dangerous choking game has killed at least 82 thrill-seeking youngsters in the past dozen years, the first-ever attempt to quantify the underground practice.
Known also as the blackout game, the scarf game and space monkey, the self-induced strangulation claimed mostly pre-teen and teenage boys who used their hands, or, more often, belts, bungee cords or dog leashes to achieve a woozy high technically known as cerebral hypoxia.
They hope to get a cool and dreamy feeling as theyve described it, said Robin L. Toblin, the lead author of the study produced by the Injury Center at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Toblin and others relied on news reports and choking game Web sites to analyze choking game deaths, which occurred in kids ages 6 to 19 between 1995 and 2007. Nearly 90 percent of the deaths occurred in boys; the average age was 13. No geographical patterns emerged: Choking game deaths were reported in 31 U.S. states.
Most worrisome is that more youngsters are engaging in the practice alone and when they get in trouble, there's no one to help, she added.
I heard of this quite a while back. At that time there was a little more to it. Boys were also masturbating while choking themselves. Supposedly the choking was used to increase the "feel good" sensations.
