Post by soonerlew on Nov 11, 2007 11:55:08 GMT -5
Posted by seagull.......
OT: if you have kids... read the top line at least
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bottom line here......
if you don't have time to read this touching story...
Kids are using DUST OFF to get high and it kills!! quickly!! no warning!! -seagull
__________________________________________________
I checked this out at truthorfiction, and it is ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!
Dusting
First, I'm going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name
is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide for
it's crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point, we
were #2 in the nation in homicides per capita.
I also have a police K- 9 named Thor. He was certified in drugs and
general duty. He retired at 3 years old, because he was shot in the
line of duty. He lives with us now, and I still train with him, because
he likes it. I always liked the fact that there was no way to bring
drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell on you.
The reason I say this is so you understand that I know about drugs. I
have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our kids at least
once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building a new one in
February, 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They
were full of dust, so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought
a 3- pack of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air used to blow
dust from a computer.
A few weeks later, when I went to use one of the cans, they were all
used. I talked to my kids, and my two sons both said they had used them
on their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for
wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them.
On February 28, I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the
3- pack which I had bought on sale, so I bought a single jumbo can of
Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my computer.
On March 1st, I left for work at 10 p.m. Just before midnight, my wife
went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 the next morning, Kathy
went downstairs to wake Kyle for school, before she left for work. He
was propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over.
She called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would
sometimes tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was
never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He
was pale white and had the straw from the Dust Off can hanging from his
mouth. He had the new can of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police, officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a
nurse, and she had never heard of this. We later found out from the
coroner, after the autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of
Dust Off was in his system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between
midnight and 1 a.m.
I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9
through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called "dusting." A
take- off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a slight high for about
10 seconds. It makes them dizzy.
A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do this about
a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool and
it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you.
His best friend said so. Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air.
It also contains a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what
is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas. Heavier than air.
When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with
oxygen, out. That's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the
oxygen to your brain and to your heart.
Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU.
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level
that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go
randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice, and if your number comes up,
you die. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die
later. Or not feel good and say, "I've had too much." You usually die
as you're breathing it in. If not, you die within 2 seconds of
finishing "the hit."
That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died, why his
eyes were still open. The experts want to call this huffing. The kids
don't believe its huffing. As adults, we tend to lump many things
together. But it doesn't fit here. And that's why it's more accepted.
There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the
huffing signals.
Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue hurting. It
probably did. The propellant causes frostbite. If I had only known.
It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it
isn't. Others are always affected. This has forever changed our
family's life. I have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be
fixed. The pain is so immense. I can't describe it. There's nowhere
to run from it. I cry all the time, and I don't ever cry. I do what
I'm supposed to do, but I don't really care. My kids are messed up.
One won't talk about it. The other will only sleep in our room at
night. And my wife-- I can't even describe how badly she is taking this.
I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because
we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died, another story came out. A probation officer went to
the school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there, he
found a student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him
about another student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather
affluent school system. They will tell you they don't have a drug
problem there. They don't even have a DARE or PLUS program there. So
rather than tell everyone about this "new" way of getting high they
found, they hid it. The probation officer told the media after Kyle's
death and they, the school, then admitted to it. I know that if they
had told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs. Using
Dust Off isn't new, and some "professionals" do know about. It just
isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They all seem to
know about it.
April 2 was one month since Kyle died. April 5 would have been his 15th
birthday. And every weekday, I catch myself sitting on the living room
couch at 2:30 in the afternoon, waiting to see him get off the bus.
This Officer is asking everyone who receives this email to forward it to
everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement Officers.
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OT: if you have kids... read the top line at least
« Thread Started on Today at 7:47am »
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bottom line here......
if you don't have time to read this touching story...
Kids are using DUST OFF to get high and it kills!! quickly!! no warning!! -seagull
__________________________________________________
I checked this out at truthorfiction, and it is ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!
Dusting
First, I'm going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name
is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide for
it's crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point, we
were #2 in the nation in homicides per capita.
I also have a police K- 9 named Thor. He was certified in drugs and
general duty. He retired at 3 years old, because he was shot in the
line of duty. He lives with us now, and I still train with him, because
he likes it. I always liked the fact that there was no way to bring
drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell on you.
The reason I say this is so you understand that I know about drugs. I
have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our kids at least
once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building a new one in
February, 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They
were full of dust, so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought
a 3- pack of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air used to blow
dust from a computer.
A few weeks later, when I went to use one of the cans, they were all
used. I talked to my kids, and my two sons both said they had used them
on their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for
wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them.
On February 28, I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the
3- pack which I had bought on sale, so I bought a single jumbo can of
Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my computer.
On March 1st, I left for work at 10 p.m. Just before midnight, my wife
went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 the next morning, Kathy
went downstairs to wake Kyle for school, before she left for work. He
was propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over.
She called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would
sometimes tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was
never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He
was pale white and had the straw from the Dust Off can hanging from his
mouth. He had the new can of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police, officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a
nurse, and she had never heard of this. We later found out from the
coroner, after the autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of
Dust Off was in his system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between
midnight and 1 a.m.
I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9
through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called "dusting." A
take- off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a slight high for about
10 seconds. It makes them dizzy.
A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do this about
a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool and
it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you.
His best friend said so. Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air.
It also contains a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what
is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas. Heavier than air.
When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with
oxygen, out. That's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the
oxygen to your brain and to your heart.
Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU.
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level
that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go
randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice, and if your number comes up,
you die. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die
later. Or not feel good and say, "I've had too much." You usually die
as you're breathing it in. If not, you die within 2 seconds of
finishing "the hit."
That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died, why his
eyes were still open. The experts want to call this huffing. The kids
don't believe its huffing. As adults, we tend to lump many things
together. But it doesn't fit here. And that's why it's more accepted.
There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the
huffing signals.
Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue hurting. It
probably did. The propellant causes frostbite. If I had only known.
It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it
isn't. Others are always affected. This has forever changed our
family's life. I have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be
fixed. The pain is so immense. I can't describe it. There's nowhere
to run from it. I cry all the time, and I don't ever cry. I do what
I'm supposed to do, but I don't really care. My kids are messed up.
One won't talk about it. The other will only sleep in our room at
night. And my wife-- I can't even describe how badly she is taking this.
I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because
we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died, another story came out. A probation officer went to
the school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there, he
found a student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him
about another student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather
affluent school system. They will tell you they don't have a drug
problem there. They don't even have a DARE or PLUS program there. So
rather than tell everyone about this "new" way of getting high they
found, they hid it. The probation officer told the media after Kyle's
death and they, the school, then admitted to it. I know that if they
had told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs. Using
Dust Off isn't new, and some "professionals" do know about. It just
isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They all seem to
know about it.
April 2 was one month since Kyle died. April 5 would have been his 15th
birthday. And every weekday, I catch myself sitting on the living room
couch at 2:30 in the afternoon, waiting to see him get off the bus.
This Officer is asking everyone who receives this email to forward it to
everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement Officers.
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