Posted on 03/31/2011 7:43:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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.
Good grief, what’s next?
Who on earth thinks these things up ?
Boggles the mind.
As a single (celibate) guy, I'll keep my tampons in my trauma kit for gunshot wounds and emergency supply for younger lady friends.
Considering the age of some of my friends, I should lay in a supply of depends. Gotta love an article that makes you re-evaluate your GOOD bag.
/johnny
http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/vodka.asp
Today’s society isn’t concerned with using their parts for the activities for which they were designed; they’re interested in participating in activities that provide thrills.
They aren’t designed to absorb alcohol, but they certainly can. These are very permeable tissues that can transfer drugs directly to the bloodstream. That’s why drugs in anal suppositories work so quickly, and why anal sex is such an effective way to transmit AIDS.
I know it's not the main crux of the article but it's bugging me enough to point out that alcohol is not a stimulant, it's a depressant.
I will not ask how its done...
Oh, I imagine it would work all right. Probably a very fast route to intoxication. I would think it would burn like crazy.
Barney Frank was last seen soaking a bale of cotton in his swimming pool....which he had filled with grain alchohol!
Alcohol enemas are a really effective way to kill yourself with alcohol poisoning if you miscalculate the dose.
Or so I’m told.
A guy sticking a tampon up his butt so he can get high????
Sheesh..I just can’t imagine that picture of a bunch of dudes doing tequila shots up their butt
It couldn’t hold enough alcohol to intoxicate a rabbit.
...wait for it...
Jackass!!!
I thought it was an anesthetic.
/johnny
Yeah - sounds like an easy way to over dose.
I recall some show where the family was stuck out somewhere and lost. Only bad water around, no way to purify it. The dad must have had some training - and they gave themselves “enemas” or whatever. The water was absorbed through the tissues and filtered that way. It kept them alive for quite awhile as I recall.
Satan.
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