For journalism (and science!), Danielle Crittenden, blogger for The Huffington Post (Canadian Edition) performs an experiment (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/danielle-crittenden/vodka-tampons_b_1105433.html), or series of experiments, depending on how you count, to verify the feasibility (not impossible) and effectiveness (not very) of the act described in the urban legend and then writes a humourous column that demonstrates just how unlikely it is that people are actually doing this. No I didn't go looking for it. The only reason I know is because Heather Mallick was writing (http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1090920--frum-and-crittenden-columnist-wants-to-know-about-those-vodka-soaked-tampons) about Crittenden's husband, also a native Torontonian, David Frum (Yes, that David Frum. In the States, that would be speechwriter to a former President. In Canada, it would more likely be son of late CBC anchor Barbara Frum.), and it came up.