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

[jonwatts]

When I was in high school (OMG THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO) a girl in my class died from doing this with freon. They would load up a garbage bag and stick their heads in for the same affect as what this guy describes. The entire school attended the funeral.

[neo914-6]

I'm told nitrous oxide can do the same...

[ThinAir]

Unfortunately, for once something you read about on the internet is NOT an urban legend. About.com Urban Legend report about this

[grantsfo]

QUOTE (Neo914 @ Jun 23 2005, 10:29 PM)

I'm told nitrous oxide can do the same...

....no more huffing the whipping cream (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

[John]

I thought nitrous oxide was lighter than air so it could not displace all the oxygen inside your lungs.

Halon could do this as could a great number of inert gasses that are heavier than air.

[Brett W]

OK I really have to rant on this one. I am sorry that old dude lost his son, but damn. People are so stupid. I guess this could be referred to as "thinning the gene pool". I understand that you want to be cool and not the odd man out, but get real. Kids are stupid as hell. I had a kid in high school die huffing and was more outraged that he did something like that than the fact that he died. I may be an insensitive ass with little to no compassion for others, how many kids have to die doing something retarded before they take responsibility for their actions. It was no ones fault, they made the decision on their own. (yes I know the author appeared to place no blame) People in general are pretty stupid when they put something into their body that doesn't belong there.

God made weed for a reason. It won't kill you. (unless you suffocate on it trying to swallow too much at one time)

[spare time toys]

We had a kid in my school die from spraying that cooking stuff Pam into a pellow case then breathing it. They told us it basicly coated his lungs and he sufficated (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

[tat2dphreak]

our baseball coach told the story of a kid that died huffing anti-freeze... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

[brer]

QUOTE

God made weed for a reason. It won't kill you.

No, it just induces imbalances in brain chemistry causing metal problems.
Screws with your Seratonin levels and production among other things.

Makes me laugh when i hear people say that weed cant hurt you.

Smoke up Johnny. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

[redshift]

QUOTE (grantsfo @ Jun 24 2005, 02:37 AM)

QUOTE (Neo914 @ Jun 23 2005, 10:29 PM) I'm told nitrous oxide can do the same... ....no more huffing the whipping cream (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

[redshift]

QUOTE (Brett W @ Jun 24 2005, 09:27 AM)

OK I really have to rant on this one. I am sorry that old dude lost his son, but damn. People are so stupid. I guess this could be referred to as "thinning the gene pool". I understand that you want to be cool and not the odd man out, but get real. Kids are stupid as hell. I had a kid in high school die huffing and was more outraged that he did something like that than the fact that he died. I may be an insensitive ass with little to no compassion for others, how many kids have to die doing something retarded before they take responsibility for their actions. It was no ones fault, they made the decision on their own. (yes I know the author appeared to place no blame) People in general are pretty stupid when they put something into their body that doesn't belong there. God made weed for a reason. It won't kill you. (unless you suffocate on it trying to swallow too much at one time)

Rant well taken, and agreed.

I didn't make it this far on someone walking me around the pit falls... I made it this far on luck!


M

[grantsfo]

QUOTE (brer @ Jun 24 2005, 08:47 AM)

QUOTE God made weed for a reason. It won't kill you. No, it just induces imbalances in brain chemistry causing metal problems. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

I just knew there was a reason for so many crazy people on this board! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

and watchout water will kill ya and change brain chemistry too!

(February 2005), a college student died after drinking too much ... water.

"A Chico fraternity pledge died of water poisoning, authorities said Thursday as experts warned that the dangerous hazing ritual has killed at least one other person as fraternities are replacing alcohol bingeing with excessive water-drinking. ... Water bingeing is becoming an increasingly common hazing ritual, especially inside rogue frat houses such as Chi Tau, said Hank Nuwer of Indiana, a national expert on hazing and author of four books on the topic. ... '[T]hey think water is safer than alcohol, but it can also be deadly.' Forced water consumption and heavy exercise are known to dilute the salt content of blood to the point where it interferes with brain, heart and muscle function. Without enough sodium, the brain swells and victims can suffer fatal comas.... "
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...AGNSB576121.DTL

This is not an isolated incident.

"In March 2003, State University of New York freshman Walter Dean Jennings III was pledging a renegade fraternity that had also been expelled over drinking violations. He was forced to drink so many pitchers of water through a funnel that the sodium in his body dropped to lethal levels and his brain swelled. The autopsy confirmed he died of hyponatremia."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...AGNSB576121.DTL

Anything done to excess will kill you.

[Lou W]

people sure do stupid things (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)

[tat2dphreak]

QUOTE

Last month (February 2005), a college student died after drinking too much ... water.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) happens here all the time... and not long ago a MARATHON runner died this way...

[Mueller]

QUOTE (Brett W @ Jun 24 2005, 06:27 AM)

OK I really have to rant on this one. I am sorry that old dude lost his son, but damn. People are so stupid. I guess this could be referred to as "thinning the gene pool". I understand that you want to be cool and not the odd man out, but get real. Kids are stupid as hell. I had a kid in high school die huffing and was more outraged that he did something like that than the fact that he died. I may be an insensitive ass with little to no compassion for others, how many kids have to die doing something retarded before they take responsibility for their actions. It was no ones fault, they made the decision on their own. (yes I know the author appeared to place no blame) People in general are pretty stupid when they put something into their body that doesn't belong there.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif)

i'm with you on this one.....you can only do so much to warn people......I was a kid once, I knew the dangers of sniffing paint or glue, had a kid in our scout club die from sniffing a rag with soaked with gas........... I was not stupid enough to try it........

[ChrisReale]

I have a can of that stuff on my work bench at work. Huffing it is the last thing Im going to do. If you want to have fun, turn the can upside down and spray it, it turns everything frosty. Just dont spray your hands (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)

[tdgray]

QUOTE (ChrisReale @ Jun 24 2005, 01:38 PM)

I have a can of that stuff on my work bench at work. Huffing it is the last thing Im going to do. If you want to have fun, turn the can upside down and spray it, it turns everything frosty. Just dont spray your hands (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)

Our anything else ....... MILES (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

[Joe Bob]

QUOTE (Brett W @ Jun 24 2005, 05:27 AM)

OK I really have to rant on this one. I am sorry that old dude lost his son, but damn. People are so stupid. I guess this could be referred to as "thinning the gene pool". I understand that you want to be cool and not the odd man out, but get real. Kids are stupid as hell. I had a kid in high school die huffing and was more outraged that he did something like that than the fact that he died. I may be an insensitive ass with little to no compassion for others, how many kids have to die doing something retarded before they take responsibility for their actions. It was no ones fault, they made the decision on their own. (yes I know the author appeared to place no blame) People in general are pretty stupid when they put something into their body that doesn't belong there. God made weed for a reason. It won't kill you. (unless you suffocate on it trying to swallow too much at one time)

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif)

[Aaron Cox]

ive know someone who died from a whip it (aka nitrous oxide) at a rave....