This just in, I thought it was important to get it out Options

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> > Subject: Dust Off air cans - deadly phenomenom among teens
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Our good friend, Constable Greg Falcon in Port Lavaca sent this in
> > and it is worth reading, sad too, something we in law enforcement
> > and parents should be aware of. Snopes.com, the internet mythbusting
> > website confirms this incident and problem. The snopes.com weblink
> > is at the end
> > below:
> >
> > Subject: FW: concern for kids
> >
> > A must read for anyone with kids or grandkids...
> > 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 its 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 wont. My wife
> > Kathy is a nurse and we have 3 children. Kyle was the oldest at 14.
> > The other two are 12 and 13 years of age. Kyle loved football and
> > played for his school. I went to every one of his games. He didn't
> > always play much since it was his first year but I didn't care. He
> > also loved playing games on his computer or his play station. When
> > World of Warcraft was coming out in a beta version he signed up like
> > 200 times to be a beta tester for it. If you were picked you got a
> > number and could go to the site and download it. Well, Kyle signed
> > up so many times he received 2 numbers. He then posted one on EBay and sold it for $375.00 dollars.
> > Unbelievable for a 2 or 3 month beta test. He then contacted a
> > losing bidder from California (different time zone) and sold him the
> > 12 hours that he would be sleeping or in school for, for $100.00
> > dollars. They shared the log in code. Kyle had so much potential.
> > He could do anything he wanted to. 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 to blow dust off a
> > computer. A few weeks later, when I went to use them, they were all
> > used. I talked to my kids and my 2 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 10:00 P.M. At 11:00 P.M. my wife went down and kissed Kyle
> > goodnight. At 5:30 A.M. the next morning, Kathy went downstairs to
> > wake Kyle up for school, before she left for work. He was sitting 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 coming out of 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 1:00 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 no. Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also
> > contains a propellant. I think it is 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, to your heart. Kyle was right. It cannot
> > 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 IS NOT AN OVERDOSE. It is
> > Russian roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good and say
> > I've had too much. You usually die as your 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 eye's 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 its 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.
> > Its easy to say hey, its 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 bad 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 would have 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
> > very much, except by the kids. They know about it. April 2nd was
> > one month since Kyle died. April 5th would have been his 15th
> > birthday. And every weekday, I catch myself sitting on the living
> > room couch at 2:30 in the afternoon and waiting to see him get off
> > the bus. I know Kyle is in heaven, but I can't help but wonder If I died and went to Hell.
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > Snopes.com weblink:
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/toxins/dustoff.asp