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. ...
via Teens warned of risks from 'vodka tampon' use - The Local.
You still get the brain damage this way. Save some time and money and just hit yourself repeatedly in the head with a rock.
People who have been drinking large amounts of alcohol for long periods of time run the risk of developing serious and persistent changes in the brain. Damage may be a result of the direct effects of alcohol on the brain or may result indirectly, from a poor general health status or from severe liver disease. - nih
Some evidence suggests that low to moderate alcohol consumption may speed up brain volume loss. -link
2 comments:
Nothing new here. Keeping alcohal out of the stomach has it's advantages. In the late 70s I took a class on drug and alcohal abuse that outlined a variety of ways to accomplished this. Simalar techniques have been use by working alcohalics for years. Kids are creative! But, don't tampons swell up? What would James Bond do....
My God! You took a class on how to abuse drugs and alcohol? 70s schooling has a lot to answer for.
Jamesh Bond had vodka martinis, not vodka tampons. Mish Moneypenny is probably the one to ask.
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