Granville County Sheriff warns kids, parents about deadly TikTok challenge
TO DO A SAFETY REVIEW OF
MIFEPRISTONE.
>> THE LOCAL SHERIFF HAS A
WARNING NOW FOR PARENTS ABOUT A
VIRAL TIKTOK VIDEO ENCOURAGING
USERS TO ESSENTIALLY OVERDOSE
ON OVER-THE-COUNTER
MEDICATIONS. AS WITH MANY OF
THESE VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA,
QUOTE, CHALLENGES IT'S
DANGEROUS IN THIS ONE CAN BE
DEADLY. WRAL'S. KIRSTEN CLARK
JOINING US LIVE WITH A WARNING
NOW FROM THE GRANVILLE COUNTY
SHERIFF KIRSTEN.
>> YET THIS YEAR DESCRIBED THE
VIRAL AND DANGEROUS AND
BENADRYL CHALLENGE. NOW HE'S
ENCOURAGING KIDS TO CONSIDER
THE RISKS AFTER ONE TEAM HERE
IN GRANVILLE COUNTY TRIED IT
FOR FUN.
>> DOCTORS RECOMMEND TAKING
ONE TO 2 BENADRYL TABLETS EVERY
4 TO 6 HOURS TO RELIEVE ALLERGY
SYMPTOMS. THAT'S WELL BELOW
THE AMOUNT TEAMS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO TAKE IN THE NAME OF A FUN
TIKTOK CHALLENGE. GRANVILLE
COUNTY SHERIFF ROBERT BOWDEN
JUNIOR SAYS A LOCAL MOTHER
CALLED 9-1-1 AFTER LEARNING
HER SON TOOK PART. HE'S OK.
>> BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT
THESE KIDS NEED TO START
LOOKING AT WHAT. THE END
RESULT. IT IT'S OKAY TO BE
COOL. BUT THEN YOUR PARENTS ARE
GOING TO SUFFER IF THEY LOSE
IN TWENTY-TWENTY. WRAL REPORTED
THAT A 15 YEAR-OLD GIRL IN
OKLAHOMA DIED AFTER PARTAKING
IN A SIMILAR CHALLENGE. SEVERAL
OTHER TEENS HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED TO START MAYBE
JUST BY FEELING HIGH AND
HALLUCINATING POTENTIALLY AND
FEELING A BIT OUT OF IT.
>> AND THEN VERY QUICKLY, YOU
CROSS INTO PARTNER, YOU COULD
HAVE SEIZURES.
>> DANGEROUS HER HERE WITH ME
IS THAT CAN LEAD TO DEATH.
DR. EMILY GREENWALD IS A
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
SPECIALIST AT DUKE. WHAT IS
YOUR MESSAGE? NUMBER ONE FOR
TEENS THAT ARE ON TIKTOK ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEEING THESE
CHALLENGES AND WANTING TO, YOU
KNOW, GET INVOLVED, THINK TWICE
BEFORE YOU DO IT. TALK TO YOUR
PARENTS. TALK TO SOMEONE YOU
TRUST ABOUT.
>> IS THIS REALLY A GOOD IDEA?
SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT YOUR
FRIEND. THE SAME PEOPLE TO TRY
TO GET YOUR CHILD TO BE THE
SAME ONES LAUGHING AT YOU WHEN
YOU'RE NOT WITH THEM.
>> AND IT'S FUNNY UNTIL IT'S
NOT.
>> THE SHERIFF TELLS US THAT
THE INCIDENT INVOLVING THE TEEN
AND THAT CHALLENGE WAS
ISOLATED. LIVE IN GRANVILLE