Wednesday, March 30, 2011

This is just so wrong….wrong, wrong and wrong

I’ve never understood the desire to do the “Vodka Eyeballing” to get drunk “Faster”.  I think it is just stupid on so many levels, not to mention the fact you can go blind.  Most kids are such light weights that one or two shots have them soused anyway….so why waste it into the eye.

Now we have a potential new trend.  I am just going to put the article out there and let you say ewwwww on your own.  If it was the 1st, I would say it is an April Fools Joke…..please please be a joke.

Police in southern Germany warned this week of a dangerous new form of alcohol abuse among teens – using tampons soaked in vodka to get drunk quickly and hide the smell. The practice poses grave health risks, they said.

 

Police in the Baden-Württemburg city of Tuttlingen responded Tuesday to growing online chatter among teenagers that they could become intoxicated using the vodka tampons without having alcohol on their breath.
This is not true, police said, denying that it was an effective way to get drunk. They also warned girls that the alcohol could damage vaginal walls and increase the risk of infection. Boys have reportedly also been using tampons anally.
“I believe this is very dangerous,” head of a children’s clinic in Singen told southern German paper Südkurier last week. “For us this is a new thing.”
In early March a 14-year-old girl collapsed during a street festival in Konstanz, apparently highly intoxicated from using a vodka tampon, the paper reported.
Youth researchers have since found out that this form of alcohol abuse is trendy in the region.
But teens who believe they can hide the smell of alcohol consumption are wrong, experts told the paper.
The development shows a new dimension for alcohol abuse among teens, county social worker Axel Goßner told the Südkurier.
“Alcohol is no longer a stimulant, but a means to an end,” he said.
The trend arose among teens in the United States, where it is known as “slimming.” But it has reportedly caught on in Scandinavia and other places where alcohol is difficult for young people to acquire.
Some Facebook groups are even devoted to exchanging tips on the topic, complete with how-to videos and instructions.

4 comments:

  1. Ok, it is crap like this eye and now tampon that give us drinkers bad reputations. We drink to enjoy spirits, wine and beer. These kids are just another form of drug addict... they simply want to get to an altered state as fast as possible. They need help... those of us who drink to enjoy our selves are in no way like these twits. I hope people can and will see this difference in mind.

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  2. Maybe I'm overthinking this (or not as the case may be) but I don't quite understand the mechanism behind this.. When you soak tampons in liquid they expand.... A LOT!
    So what do you do next without wringing it out?

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  3. The only thing I can think...is they are soaking the applicator and everything.

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