Choking Game on Oprah today

I don't normally watch Oprah, but have gotten numerous e-mails that a segment regarding the "choking game" will be on her show today. You can read about some of it here, and from that link there are several links of stories of children who have died from this.

Also, got this article that is quite long, and revealing that you might want to read through. Here are a few thoughts from it:

The game is seen as a clean, quick, drug-free high by teens . . . children with good grades, nice homes, doting parents and too little life experience to consider its dangerous side . . .

Gated communities, wealthy families and private schools might shield our kids from urban threats, but not from their own adolescent missteps . . .

For a 30-second rush, it can cause brain damage, cardiac arrest, physical injuries from falling ordeath from asphyxiation, according to doctors. Medical examiners across the country are just beginning to realize that some teenage deaths ruled suicides may actually be accidents. A conference in Los Angeles last month of the National Assn. of Medical Examiners featured a seminar suggesting that coroners have been slow to recognize the phenomenon of "asphyxial games."

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