Parents - Keep an "Eye" Out for Dangerous Drinking Games

Drinking games are as old as alcohol itself. Who can drink more? Who can drink faster? We know those competitions are obviously dangerous, but some newer games can be just as harmful with less volume. Here are some new games for parents to be aware of, and to warn their kids against. I've also included some games that have been around for a while just as a refresher:
Eyeballing - pouring alcohol (typically vodka) into the eye. Supposedly the alcohol is absorbed through the mucous membranes, often a saline bottle or eye-dropper is used. This can cause permanent damage to the eyes.
video - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593570,00.html
Waterfall - a card game...google it.
Icing - A game where you basically "tag" a friend with a Smirnoff Ice and they have to drink it. The strategy to use is the element of surprise, so hiding a bottle in someone's purse would be a way to "tag" that person.
article - http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2010/icing-drinking-game-goes.html
Flip Cup, or Cups - A team-based game where one flips the cup off the side of a table until it lands on the table mouth-side down. Each failed attempt means drinking another glass or shot or whatever the criteria.
Beer Pong - google it, there are 1,000 of websites if you don't know what this is. It's a basic variation of "Quarters."
If you notice ping pong balls and solo cups conveniently located on the alcohol isle at your grocery/convenience store...this is why.

So if your kids are going out for the night and they ask you for quarters, cards, ping pong balls, saline drops, and I don't know - your ID...get suspicious, and have a talk about underage drinking. They may genuinely have a new interest in card-playing but it never hurts to ask. No amount is safe to drink if you are under 21...you can get fined even for holding a beer at a party (Minor in Possession) not to mention all brain is not completely developed until age 24 - 25...and I think we can use all the brain cells we can get for the next generation ;)