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Please read this information and pass it around to as many people as you can. I had never heard of "the choking game" personally until I met a woman through Alexis' website. Rose McPhee's lost her only son, Leo because of the "choking game". Since then I have met many more parents who have lost their children because of this "choking game". It is terrifying. Please read more about it, sign the petitions below and then pass the information on so that we don't lose anymore children to this.

Thank you,
A Concerned Mother and Friend
Dawn

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What is the Choking Game?

The Choking Game achieves a brief high or euphoric state by stopping the flow of oxygen containing blood to the brain. Sometimes children choke each other until the person being choked passes out. The pressure on the arteries is then released and blood flow to the brain resumes causing a "rush" as consciousness returns. There are variations of this activity which involve hyper-ventilating until the participant loses consciousness. There is a lesser chance of death but it is still not safe. Playing this game in any form causes the permanent and cumulative death of large numbers of brain cells. The variation in blood pressure may also cause strokes, seizures, and retinal damage.

The danger becomes even greater when a ligature is used and the activity is performed by a lone child. If the child loses consciousness and there is no one there to IMMEDIATELY release the pressure, he is unable to help himself. The child will suffer brain damage and death certainly after three minutes. Some of those who have died were alone for as little as 15 minutes before someone found them and it was already too late. This activity can claim a child's life the first time it is played. Click to see a list of some of the victims of this activity.

The most popular lately, is the Choking game, Passout game, Space Monkey and Black out. This game is dangerous in groups, but is becoming even deadlier when played alone.

This is a video about a young 15 yrs boy who survived the "choking game".
However, Ryan Tucker was left with severe brain damage.
To watch the news video,
Click Here

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The D.A.R.E. program is currently teaching age appropriate cirricula to elementary through high school aged children about the dangers of smoking, drugs and violence. This program has just recently caught up to some of the newest trends and included the dangers of inhalants. The Choking Game must also be incorporated into this cirricula.D.A.R.E, School District Health Programs, Pediatricians, Family Physicians and all professionals with direct contact to children have a responsibility to be informed. And to inform parents and children to the dangers of Self-Inflicted Asphyxia - AKA "The Choking Game" in a proactive, preventative posture. "We're not aiming to reinvent the wheel, just to add the current spoke."Please sign this petition- we need to ensure professionals, inform parents, and keep children safe!

Please read the information below and sign the petitions so that DARE
will add the information to the program, so our children will be educated about this.

To sign the 1st petition

To sign the 2nd petition Click here

For more information and to educated yourself, visit this link.
GASP HOMEPAGE

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