[StBernard] DUST-OFF PLEASE READ

[Westley Annis]

I actually got carded the other day buying a container of "canned air" which
is what I always called it.  The clerk at Office Max told me about the kids
doing this and I was completely flabbergasted.

Jim





	> 
	> This actually happened on March 2nd, 2005 according to Snopes.com.
I have never heard of "Dust-Offs". 
	> 
	> Denford
	> 
	> 
	> Subject: DUST-OFF PLEASE READ
	> 
	> This could save the lives of your kids!
	> 
	> If you have kids or grandkids in this age range 9-15 or maybe even
younger, then you want to pay particularly close attention to this article.
It is absolutely 100% true and you can check it out at Snopes at the
following link. http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp Jp
	> 
	> 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 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
	> 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 PM. Just before
	> midnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight.
	> At 5:30 am 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 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 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.
	> 
	> 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. ITS 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 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.
	> 
	> 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 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 much, except by the kids. They all seem to know
	> about it. April 2nd was 1 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.
	> 
	> This Officer is asking for everyone who receives this
	> email to forward it to everyone in their address book,
	> even Law Enforcement Officers.
	> Forwarded by:
	> 
	> 
	> John H Pierson Jr.
	> Major USMC Ret.
	
	
	


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