Between sniffing bath salts and pouring booze in eyeballs, you would think teenagers have run out of ridiculous ways to get wasted, but you would be wrong.
The latest trend in teen intoxication involves soaking a tampon in vodka (you can figure out the rest). The cringe-worthy booze fad has gained popularity because of the powerful, sustained drunkenness that happens when alcohol goes directly into the bloodstream.
Phoenix news station KPHO talked with a local school resource officer to determine if vodka tampons were a real thing or just another urban legend. Officer Chris Thomas told the station, “There's been documented cases of people going to the hospital with alcohol poisoning just from utilizing it that way.” He added that “this is definitely not just girls.”
Full story at KPHO.