Anal Beer Bongs:
Video: Dangers of Vodka Tampons and Anal Beer Bongs
Smoking Alcohol
Video: Smoking Alcohol can be dangerous
Vodka Eyeballing
Video: Fox 4 News: Eyeballing Vodka
Vodka Soaked Tampons
Ask Alice (Columbia University) :Vodka Soaked Tampons
Video: Teens Using Vodka Soaked Tampons To Get Drunk
Biting:
CBS News: When Teen Love Bites Twilight Style
Radical Parenting: Biting A New Teen Trend
Video: ABC News: Latest Teen Trend Biting Each Other
Thigh Gaps
ABC News: Thigh Gaps New Teen Obsession (with video)
Guardian: Thigh Gaps and Peer Pressure and Self Esteem
USA Today 'Thigh Gaps' and Health Concerns
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Many of these trends were found on National or Local News sites. Some are described on Youtube.com videos. Some were found on teen specific or health related websites.
General News Stories for Dangerous Teen Fads:
Ball Tapping/Sack Tapping:
ABC News Sack Tapping: A Schoolyard game turned ugly
Body Spray Flamethrower:
Denver Post: Teens Advised not to use body spray as flamethrower
ABC News: Damage, Injuries as Teens Set Fires Using Popular Deodorant Axe Body Spray
Youtube Video: How to create a Body spray flamethrower
Car Surfing:
Video: Today Show: Car Surfers
Choking Game:
Center of Disease Control: Choking Game
Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play (with graphic video): Choking Game
Cinnamon Challenge:
Forbes: Reasons Not to Take the Cinnamon Challenge
New York Times (with video): Cinnamon Challenge
Eraser Challenge:
Huffington Post: Schools warn about Eraser Challenge
Video: Eraser Challenge
Neknominate:
Video: ABC News: Neknominate
Punchout/ Knockout Game:
Daily Mail (U.K.): Victims of Knockout Game
Rainbow Parties:
New York Times article about novel where Rainbow Parties are described
Video/Presentation by Dr. MDK: Rainbow Parties
Bath Salts
Ask Alice (Columbia University): Bath Salts
National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens: Bath Salts
Teen Health and Wellness: Bath Salts
Robo Tripping (DXM/DXing/ Cough Syrup)
American Society of Anesthesiologists: Robo Tripping
Ask Alice (Columbia University) :DXM/DXing
Video: Fox 21 Cough Medicine Abuse
Sizzurp
Ask Alice (Columbia University)
Los Angeles Times: Sizzurp deadly side effects
Rapper Lil’ Wayne Released From Hospital After Seizures Linked to Reported Use of “Sizzurp”
Video: Sizzurp (purple drink)
Sexting, Risky Videos, and Indecent Photos Online:
Childline: Online Safety and Sexting
Teen Health and Wellness: Sexting
United Kingdom Police: Indecent Pictures
Your Digital Footprint and Online Safety
Teen Health and Wellness: Your Digital Footprint (including what is private or not)
Teen Health and Wellness: Your Digital Footprint Casual Communications and Serious Consequences
DMCA: How to avoid having compromised photos of you published online