Latest "drug" being used in schools READ THIS

this is an email I got and wated to share cuz we all know kids or have kids

~~~TAKE THE TIME 2 READ THIS 1 people~~~ !!

Latest Drug in School - 'Dusting'

1st~ I'm going to tell U a little about me & my family. My
name is Jeff. I'm a Police Office for a city known nationwide
for it's crime rate. We have a lot of gangs & drugs.
. 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. I always liked the fact that there was no way
to bring drugs in my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell
on you. The reason I say this is so U understand that I know
about drugs.I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks
all our kids 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 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 & set it down beside my
computer. On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM. Just before
midnight my wife went down & kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30am 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 & 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 & shook his arm. He fell over.
He was pale white & 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 & 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 & it
couldn't hurt U. It's just compressed air. 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 refrigerators. It is a heavy gas. Heavier than air.
When U inhale it, it fills your lungs & keeps the good air, with
oxygen, out That's why U feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the
oxygen to your brain, to your heart. Kyle was right.It can't hurt u.
IT KILLS YOU! The horrible part about this is there is no warning.
There is no level that kills U. It's not cumulative or an
overdose; it can just go randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice
and if your number comes up U DIE. ITS NOT AN OVERDOSE.
It's Russian Roulette.U don't die later. Or not feel good & say
I've had 2 much. U usually die as you're breathing it in. If not
U 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 &
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 &
soul that can never be fixed. The pain is so immense I can't
describe it. There's no where 2 run from it I cry all the time & I
don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't really care.
My kids are messed up. 1 won't talk about it. The other will
only sleep in our room . 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 &
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 U 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 &
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 & 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 & waiting to see him get off the
bus. I know Kyle is in heaven but I cant help but wonder If I died
& 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.

Message edited 10/18/2007 12:05:23 PM.

Re: Latest "drug" being used in schools READ THIS

This has been going on for years now!

ATE: The very reason I had to start locking it up at work!

Message edited 10/18/2007 12:09:20 PM.

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Message edited 10/18/2007 12:11:17 PM.

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Message edited 10/18/2007 12:14:05 PM.

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I just checked it out and sadly, it's all true...plus more deaths have been attributed to Dustoff...

Snopes Link

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Sadly, this does not surprise me. When I was a kid we used to snort, sniff, ingest, etc... anything we could get our hands on. Even the nitrous in a whip cream can.

Nowadays, whip cream and dust off come with bitterants to deter people from ingesting it.

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wow...it is just out of control. The Say No To Drugs campaign is not working. Kid's don't think it's bad like coke and heroine.

Do you know that I got ID'ed when buying Bella cough medicine because you have to be over 18 now...kids are abusing so many household items, it scares me.

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yeah, i've heard of this. sick. my friends sister also does something that is so gross I can't even talk about it....

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these kids are getting creative! next thing you know we are going to have to show ID to buy common household cleaning products.
Very Sad.