Bu the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a rare alert this week that 82 teens and preteens in the U.S. have died from medical complications from playing “the choking game.” The deaths are on record for the time period between 1995 and 2007.

The game is simply what the name implies. Kids use dog leashes, bungee cords or other tightening straps to cut off the blood flow in the neck to the head of a game participant. When the blood flow is restored, the “chokee” can experience a euphoric rush similar to floating in air.

In most of the fatal situations included in the report, the player was doing the game alone, the CDC also reported. But it strikes me that this is not a very good idea for anyone to be trying whether they have other people with them or not.

The age range of the victims was 6 to 19. In further analysis of the numbers, the CDC said that the deaths were spread across 31 states; nearly 90 percent were boys; the average age was about 13.

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