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>> >> '>> >> '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 wou ld 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 th e 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 d ie 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 cant help but wonder If I died and went
>>> >> to
>>> >> Hell.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> This Officer is asking for everyone who receives this email to
>>> >> forward
>>> >> it to everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement
>>> >> Officers.
>>> >>
>>> >> 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 wou ld 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 th e 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 d ie 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 cant help but wonder If I died and went
>>> >> to
>>> >> Hell.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> This Officer is asking for everyone who receives this email to
>>> >> forward
>>> >> it to everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement
>>> >> Officers.