Video clips of teens playing dangerous games are easily accessible on many social media sites. Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images The “choking game” has potentially deadly consequences, as ...

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Kids who play the so-called "choking game" are more likely to engage in other risky behaviors, including sex, substance use and gambling, a new study of middle schoolers finds. The results suggest ...

Undated -- Kids are choking themselves for the fun of it, sometimes fatally. In at least nine states in recent years, kids have been seriously injured or killed by "suffocation games" designed to ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A note home to parents warns of the "choking game" after the death of an 11-year-old boy. The family has also been open about the tragedy on social media explaining he died from the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It goes by many names: ‘black out,’ ‘space monkey,’ ‘fainting game.’ ...

At least 82 kids DIED from PLAYING the “choking game” over the past 12 years. That many children between 6 and 19 years old died from ENTERTAINING themselves with things we CANNOT limit, remove or ban ...

It has been around for years and goes by many names, including the Blackout Game, the Flat Liner and, most recently, the Choking Game. "It was around when I was a kid," said Kenny L. George, the ...

Based on the young adult novel Choke by Diana Lopez, Lifetime will be airing the movie “The Choking Game” this month, starring Freya Tingley (Jersey Boys, Once Upon a Time) who plays Taryn, a ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) The “choking game” has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by restricting oxygen to the brain. It sounds terrifying, but ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Steven Wolterning, Texas A&M University and Paige Williams, Texas A&M University (THE ...