Choking Game

I just read a story on Comcast about a West Virginia 4.0 college student who died playing the "choking game." Apparently it's a game where kids cut off the oxygen supply to their brains briefly so they can feel the rush when oxygen is restored. My question, why don't kids today just get high? Is it because our society is so rigid now that kids are terrified to try something that doesn't kill (pot) because it's against the religious right and OMG practically a FELONY? Instead, they do this stupid game and accidentally kill themselves to feel a little rush. I don't know about you, but I'd rather catch my kid with a doobie than to find her hanging from a ceiling fan.

A friend of mine just found a pot-pipe in her daughters car and threw her out of the house. It really was the impetus of a long-standing situation, but she just absolutely freaked out. She cried and sobbed and finally turned it over to God. I told her that all kids experiment someway somehow, and she was darn lucky that's all she found.

PS - My sincere sympathy to Loni who posted a comment.