Government health officials warned Thursday that a dangerous choking game has killed at least 82 thrill-seeking youngsters in the past dozen years, the first-ever attempt to quantify the underground practice.Known also as “the blackout game,” “the scarf game” and “space monkey,” the self-induced strangulation claimed mostly pre-teen and teenage boys who used their hands, or, more often, belts, bungee cords or dog leashes to achieve a woozy high technically known as cerebral hypoxia.
“They hope to get a cool and dreamy feeling as they’ve described it,” said Robin L. Toblin, the lead author of the study produced by the Injury Center at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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