Column: Stop eating detergent

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column that discussed the dangers of teenagers completing challenges they found out about on social media.

It wasn’t more than a week after I wrote about this topic that the national media started reporting about a challenge that was sweeping the nation that involved teenagers eating laundry detergent “pods”.

I honestly could not believe what I was reading as the word about the challenge spread like wildlife on the news and social media.

When I wrote the column I figured there would be a new stupid thing for teenagers to try and emulate, but never in my mi...