Apparently it’s more common than you think:
The biggest problem about this game “” besides its potential deadliness “” is that it’s fairly easy to hide. Accurate numbers on how many teens try it are hard to pin down. A New Hampshire medical examiner who handled the cases of two teens who died playing the game told the American Academy of Pediatrics that it “boggles my mind how prevalent it is.”





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