2/25/2015
Games Children Play
Substance Abuse Concerns
Presented by:
FTC Prevention Services
PO Box 54742, Pearl, MS 39208
Marc Fomby, CEO
601.939.0020
www.marcfomby.com
www.facebook.com/FTCPreventionServices
Warning!!!
• This presentation contains
graphic content!
• Graphic discussion at times
• Extremely graphic videos
• Graphic descriptions
• Some offensive language
• Some of it is just plain Nasty!
Learn On Purpose
Learn with a Purpose in Mind…
You Can Learn
Something
Everyday, And You
Should!!
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What Am I Asking of You?
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Participate, if you can…
Open eyes (share)
Be open to receive information
Gain something today to help someone else
Understand the power of the web!
• You can learn something everyday,
and you should…
Objectives
• Identify Risk Related Behaviors
– What are they doing?
• Define Pharming
– Pharm Parties / Mobile & others
• Explain different means of intoxication
– Ways they get the “buzz”
– Explore “Stigma” of Suicidal Ideation
What are some of the games?
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Do you know it’s going on?
Do you participate?
What can you do to help others?
Will they listen?
Do you think they know it could be
dangerous?
• Is help available? Would you ask for
help?
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Where do they get these ideas?
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Friends
Radio / Music
Other Friends
TV / Shows and Videos
Internet
Associates of Friends
Video Games
Did I mention, ―People‖ they may know…?
Let’s take a look at some of the
games played today…
• Some of the deaths reported as
suicides are actually accidental deaths.
• There is a difference between wanting
to end a life and seeking a thrill.
• Families sometimes miss the signs
because they simply don’t know…
• No thought for protecting the scene –
sometimes leads to wrong conclusion.
Eyeballing
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What does it look like today?
• What types of games with Alcohol and
Drugs do they play?
• Are people around you, people in your
neighborhood, and/or friends doing…?
• Do you think what they do is fun?
• Is it dangerous?
• Do you know what Russian Roulette is?
• Is it a cool thing, sex thing or to get
high?
Do you know about these?
What makes them dangerous?
Triple C , Skittling, XTC – Ecstasy (Molly)
Binge Drinking (social culture - norm)
New Alcohol Intoxication Methods (What activities)
Trail Mix / Pharming
Crunk (energy + alcohol and/or drugs)
Sippin on Syzurp, Lean, Purp, etc.
Primo’d (Marijuana)
Cinnamon Challenge
Planking
What is this…?
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Turkey Baster…
Snorting Alcohol…
Pixie Sticks…
No dose & Vivarin
Coriciden Cold & Cough
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What is this…
Cow patties…
Huffing cow dung…
Smoking cow dung…
Eating cow dung…
What is this…
•Soaking tampons in
alcohol…
•Vaginal intoxication…
•A High?
Stringing & Plugging,
Backpacking, Getting Goosed
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Alcohol: A Warning Sign
Alcohol takes away:
- Good judgment
- Safe behavior
- Your reputation
- Ability to learn
Future good health
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Warning Signs
Withdrawal
Personality & mood changes
Can’t concentrate
School problems
No interest
Feeling rotten inside
Warning Signs
Changes in eating & sleeping
Talking, writing or thinking about
suicide
Feeling hopeless, helpless
and/or worthless
Cheerful after depression
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What?
• Cucumbers…
• Watermelons, Apples
• Grapes, Strawberries, Oranges
• *Potato's…
• Carrots…
• Bananas…
Part of the thrill is also eating these items during
the sexual episode…
Games w/ Alcohol
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Binge Drinking
Quarters – shot glass games (variety)
Inhaling alcohol (masks)
Anal Intoxication (intestinal absorption)
Snorting alcohol (effects?)
Hunch punch, etc. (mixing numerous
types in large bowl, etc.)
• Eye Shots
Butt Chug
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Why are
these
popular but
not safe?
• Rainbow Parties
– Movie theaters
– Bowling alleys
– School – under bleachers, bathrooms,
buses
• Rainbow bands, rubber bands, etc.
Pharming?
―Pharm Party‖
• What is it?
• Where does this take place?
• Who participates?
• What makes it dangerous?
• Synergistic Potentiation is…
- potentiation
noun(medicine)
the synergistic effect of two
drugs given simultaneously
WordNet - Cite This Source
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing. 1.to cause to be
potent; make powerful. 2. to increase the
effectiveness of; intensify.
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Pharming
Heard of Dusting?
• Dust off?
• Any Compressed Computer
Cleaner
• Redi Whip? Canned Cool
whip items
• Gas pressure released items
What’s Cheddar?
• Black Tar Heroin (Big in Texas
– Dallas and surrounding areas)
• Often called cheese
• Targeted at young kids
(Middle School)
Black tar heroine mixed with Tylenol and countless other sleep aids. We in
Dallas, Texas have been seeing it for 2 years now. We now have Strawberry
Qwick which is ICE and pop rock candy!
Tasha Rasco NCPT,CI
The Phoenix Project
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Smoking Candy? Really?
What is Jenkem?
…or Butt Hash?
Are kids in Florida inhaling the fumes of their own feces to get high?
Police in Naples, Fla., are on the lookout for users of "jenkem," a
homemade drug created by allowing human urine and feces to ferment in a
bottle with a balloon covering the opening. Users inhale the released
methane gas from the balloon to get a "euphoric high similar to ingesting
cocaine, but with strong hallucinations of times past," according to a Collier
County Sheriff's Office bulletin.
The downside: "Subjects who used the jenkem disliked the taste of sewage
in their mouth and the fact that the taste continued for several days."
Sounds too gross to be true, right? Well, maybe.
Jenkem is real. If you're down and out and looking for kicks it’s legal!
It is something we want to keep on top of. The same sort of thing happened
when we first heard of kids huffing freon or whippets [nitrous oxide, often
found in whipped cream canisters]," he said.
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Mary Jane
Sign in or sign up to partake in
awesomeness.
Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda
Prepare yourself for the anti-Red Bull. Mary
Jane's Relaxing Soda ($30/12-pack) is an
all-natural soft drink that's made from a
special blend of herbal extracts, including
Kava Extract and Passionflower,
carbonated water, and all-natural cane
sugar to help provide relaxation to both the
body and mind — great for tense situations
like job interviews, first dates, long trips, or
for when you'd like to toke up on a bit of
Mary Jane's namesake but can't, won't, or
don't have any.
Purple Drank
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What is “Purple Drank”?
Purple Drank is an illegal
recreational drink popular
amongst the hip-hop community
of the Southern United States.
It’s main ingredient is
prescription-strength cough
syrup containing codeine and
promethazine.
Cocktail????
• Promethazine
• Codeine
• Sprite
• Hard candy- Jolly Ranchers
Street Names
• Lean
• Purple
• Syrup
• Sizzurp
• Purple Sprite
•Purple Tonic
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Purp - “Promethazine”
If it’s ‖real‖ to them it should be a
real concern for the adults too.
Adults must learn how to
talk so they’ll listen, but
more importantly – adults
must learn how to listen so
they’ll keep talking!
“ To the world you
may be just one
person, but to one
person you may be
the world.“
-Brandi Synder
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Why Do Kids Do This?
Some do it for the high which can
become addictive. Others do it because
it's "cool" and risky. Most of the kids who
have died from this were not children in
trouble. Most were well liked, active,
intelligent, stable children who wanted
nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. This
was an activity they felt was
safe. Children have no clue about the
physiological principles involved and
need to be told by the adults in their lives
how dangerous this is.
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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.
Source: www.stop-the-choking-game.com
Thanks to G.A.S.P
•The following slides
are provided by
Officer
Scott S. Metheny
Are kids really dying
playing this “game”?
You tell me………
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Braden 13 years old
Matthew
16 years old
Jason
14 years old
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Jennifer
14 years old
Bryson
12 years old
Daniel
11 years old
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Stephen
16 years old
Gabriel
13 years old
Chelsea
13 years old
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Jesse
12 years old
Dalton
15 years old
Michael
15 years old
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Jeffrey
16 years old
Shawntae
14 years old
Stevie
14 years old
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Dustin
15 years old
Kodee
13 years old
Kimberly
15 years old
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Adam
12 years old
Dylan
11 years old
Kyle
13 years old
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Mary
14 years old
Justin
17 years old
Jeffery
14 years old
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Nicholas
16 years old
Don’t Be Next, Or……
This Could Be You!
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These are were all normal
kids-
Who died from
an abnormal
activity!
Some Choking Game Sites
• www.Dylan-the-boy-blake.com
• www.deadlygameschildrenplay.com
• www.stop-the-choking-game.com
• www.stilllovingmygabriel.com
Did You Know…
• In 2005, the choking game alone killed around 66 kids across
the country (Keep in mind, these were the only ones reported.)
• These kids were usually between 11 and 18. Some as young as
7.
• This game kills brain cells as well, and it only takes one time.
• “Tragically, some 1,000 youths each year accidentally strangled
themselves while playing The Choking Game“ (source- Readers
Digest Feb. 2006)
• “Each year, nearly twice as many children unnecessarily die
after playing this morbid game than soldiers killed in action in
the Iraq War.” (Source- The Lonoke Democrat Feb. 2006)
www.deadlygameschildrenplay.com
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Let’s talk about
alternatives….
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coping skills (recommendations)
skill building
self esteem
peer pressure
what are your suggestions?
So what do we do?
Arm ourselves with information.
Prevention Education is a must – but where do I get
it? How do I share it? How can others get it?
Talk to youth. Ask ―those‖ questions!
Be attentive to what’s going on in local areas as
well as nationwide. (internet is a big deal)
Don’t be afraid to ask about stuff you hear, but
don’t know what it means.
Local Prevention Organizations can provide
resources and information. FTC Prevention Services can be
a resource for you…
Protective factors should include:
Areas that affect Family positively
(strengthening families)
Ideas about School Climate (positive)
Choosing positive Peers to associate with…
Understanding that my Environment doesn’t
dictate who I have to be!
Societal Issues may arise but I’m equipped with
coping skills
I am my own Individual! I’m responsible for me!
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Do you know who to call?
Service Providers?
• What agencies offer counseling specific
to the issue?
• What agencies in the immediate area
provide services (including family support, etc)
• Licensed (credentialed) personnel
available
• Facilities in area to house… (residential)
• Directory of service providers available?
Who Said?
• You have the power to influence change…
• Don’t underestimate your power…
• But don’t assume that it’s all your
responsibility…
• Do what you can the best that you can…
• Trust that there is power in words…
• Some people are looking up to you that
you may not even know…
• You’re a ―Who Said‖ to somebody,
somewhere…
It Makes Sense!
Want Something…….?
Do Something……!
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FTC Prevention Services
310 Airport Road
Pearl, MS 39208
601-939-0020
www.marcfomby.com
marc@marcfomby.com
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