EVERYONE WHO HAS KIDS/GRANDKIDS/ NIECES/NEPHEWS. .. READ THIS (5)

EVERYONE WHO HAS KIDS/GRANDKIDS/ NIECES/NEPHEWS. .. READ THIS!

If you haven't heard about this already, please read it, if you
already know, then pass it along to someone who may not know about it.

At one point we were #2 I 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 like 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 to blow dust off a computer. A few weeks later when
I went to use one of them, 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 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 PM. Just before midnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 the next morning Kathy went downstairs to wake Kyle up 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 him 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 AM.

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 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, to your heart. Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU!!!!

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OK now I can speak from experience on this one... this stuff is DEADLY!!! I am working with a local RCMP member who works with the schools and a drug committee locally and he frequently asks myself, my ex or my brother questions about a variety of things (my brother and ex used to be heavy into a variety of drugs earlier in life - and my brother did time for dealing as well, plus we used to live in a town with major drug problem and dealt with a great deal of it).

I had a talk with my step-son about this stuff and explained to him what it was doing - how it cuts off your oxygen supply and thats why you feel the way you do, you are not actually getting high from it (same as solvents, gas etc) and I honestly told him I would rather see him smoking pot then doing these sorts of things (which he did frequently anyways).

He was a very open kid and informed me that some friends of his were doing the stuff and that one kid was almost passing out etc etc - I told him that at that point his friend could have easily died and is most likely lucky to be alive!

So parents, speaking from experience - TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT THIS ONE!!! Its out there and its dangerous!!!



Arleigh

Yeah I've read that same story a couple of times awhile back. Pretty scary the things kids are finding to do to get a high these days. :(

Thanks Arleigh

I have read about this also...it's insane.