Young people daring each other to take excessive amounts of drug, resulting in at least one hospitalisation
Police and schools have issued a warning to parents about the “paracetamol challenge”, a potentially lethal social media craze that encourages young people to abuse over-the-counter painkillers.
The challenge, shared via Facebook and Instagram, has already resulted in the hospitalisation of one schoolboy in Ayrshire, Scotland. “We’ve heard about the #paracetamolchallenge. DONT get involved in this. It causes liver & kidney failure... and death,” Coatbridge police tweeted after the incident.
We've heard about the #paracetamolchallenge. DONT get involved in this. It causes liver & kidney failure...and death pic.twitter.com/lTsM13vaYM
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