I know this is a yukky subject... but I found it absolutely jaw dropping...... Teens using vodka tampons to get drunk Posted: Nov 07, 2011 7:07 PM EST Updated: Nov 08, 2011 8:59 AM EST It's no secret teenagers sometimes experiment with alcohol, even drugs, but new ways they're finding to get drunk had jaws dropping in our newsroom. "Quicker high, they think it's going to last longer, it's more intense," said Dr. Dan Quan from Maricopa Medical Center. "This is not isolated to any school, any city, any financial area," Officer Chris Thomas, a school resource officer, said. "This is everywhere." When we heard how kids are getting drunk these days, we thought no way. So we hit up the experts to find out if it's an urban legend or if it's legit. "There's been documented cases of people going to the hospital with alcohol poisoning just from utilizing it that way," Thomas said. Thomas spends his days patrolling the halls of a Valley high school. He's heard first hand how kids are getting tipsy. "What we're hearing about is teenagers utilizing tampons, soak them in vodka first before using them," Thomas said. "It gets absorbed directly into the bloodstream. There's no barrier, there's no stomach acid to prevent it," Thomas said. "I would expect it to absorb pretty quickly as well, because it's a very vascular structure," Quan told CBS 5. "This is definitely not just girls," Thomas said. "Guys will also use it and they'll insert it into their rectums." And that's not all. "Using a beer bong rectally is the same concept as a vodka soaked tampon," Thomas said. Rather than the traditional beer bong you'd find at a college party, kids are sticking the tube elsewhere to get wasted. They're calling it "butt chugging." "A lot of people believe it would cover it up, your breath won't smell like alcohol so you can hide it from the parents, hide it from police," Thomas said. But take it from this cop, it won't work. It's not just jail time that might be a problem, these new tricks are really risky and could cause some serious problems. "It can cause mucosal irritation, meaning the vaginal wall can be irritated," Quan said. Plus, what if you over do it? Irritation could be the least of your problems. "Some of the dangers associated with this is there's no barrier," Thomas said. There's also no gag reflex, and if it isn't going down the hatch you won't have that tell tale sign you've had too much to drink, which means you won't throw up if you've got alcohol poisoning, and you'll pass out before you know there's a problem. "It's problematic because you don't really know how much you're going to absorb," Quan said. It turns out that a super tampon can hold about a shot of vodka, which is pretty potent when it's going straight into your system. "If the person does pass out or lose consciousness, health care professionals won't necessarily know that they have to look in those areas and that may delay treatment," Quan said. If you're a parent of a teenager, what can you do to make sure tampons are used for the job they're intended and nothing more? "Well then you need to get involved," Thomas said. "Stop being your kid's friend and be their parent first." Another myth is that kids apparently think getting drunk that way means they would pass a breathalyzer test because they didn't drink the booze, but that's not true. The test checks out what's in your blood stream, not what's on your breath.
Gives a whole new meaning to being 'rat-arsed' (You'd need to be British...) http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/298400.html
One majorly important little component of the dangers of doing this wasn't mentioned in the article. Consuming alcohol anally or vaginally also means that the alcohol doesn't pass through the liver, which greatly increases the chances of alcohol poisoning. Your liver often keeps you from dying if you binge drink. Just food for thought.
I'm glad I quit alch back in 2003. That crap should be illegal!!! IMO, it's the most personally and socially destructive chemical humans have ever decided was an acceptable substance to send to their brains.
Yep! The liver is part of the human digestion system. The colon is too, but food and drink have to pass through the stomach and liver before it gets to the colon. If you do it backwards, the poisons don't get filtered out through the liver. Man, this thread makes me want to go and have a drink now.
I don't agree. Drinking is a choice. Interestingly, Prohibition was never ruled as unconstitutional. It's still written in our constitution, but it took another amendment to repeal and nullify it.
The culture liberals created that enables and celebrates this experimental behavior? Oh yeah......... You reap what you sow.
Dangerous to be doing this. Saw an episode of 1,000 ways to die where an alcoholic couldnt drink for whatever reason..and had his wife help him out by giving him a bottle of cooking sherry or something in the ass, and he died. not being a Doctor myself I can't recall the explanation of why it is much more dangerous than going in orally...might be because it bypasses the liver...but dont recall. Sooner or later, we'll see some deaths from this.
If they're that stupid should we just let nature take its course? I've got a whole closet full of Darwin Awards waiting to be given out...
LOL @ humans. Our advanced reasoning abilities pegs the scales in both directions... We, like a few other high order mammals, discovered the euphoric affects of ingesting fermented cellulose... yet, for the sole intent of catching a buzz, I highly doubt you'll never see a monkey jamb a rotten orange in its ass.
