Re: [cia-drugs] Warning Letter from a Police Officer - Dusted Off

2005-08-25 Thread james Karl



You can thank "Just Say No" and Nancy Reagan for the whole deal. If we had REAL drug education in the USA, events like this would not happen, and a few banned substances would also be legalized. But we INSIST on blanket ignorance, and get this for a result.

 Did the Drug Cop go after the people who supplied his kids with drugs?Kay Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:





Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Warning Letter from a Police Officer

I'm sharing the followingstorywith an additionalquestion of my own: So what do we do? 

1. Add another chemical to the drug war's list of banned substances, add a multitude of youngsters to the drug war's arrestable people list; and write laws that would lock up the parents of the dead child in the name of the drug war? 

2.Have Falcon add warning labels so that parents can educate their children and regulate the product so that ID is required for purchase?

Thank you for thinking this thing through.
Kay LeeMaking The Walls Transparenthttp://www.angelfire.com/fl3/starke 

1. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Toxins (Dusted Off)  Have adolescents died of huffing from cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air?


Dusted Off
Claim:Adolescents huffing cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air have died.
Status:  True. Example:  [Collected on the Internet, 2005] 

Subject: (Compressed Air) DUST OFF - WARNING
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. 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 PM. At 11 PM my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 530 am 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 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. Its just compressed air. It cant hurt you. His best friend said no. Kyle's death Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant. I think its R2. Its 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 cant 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. Its Russian roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good and say I've had too much. 

[cia-drugs] Warning Letter from a Police Officer - Dusted Off

2005-08-16 Thread Kay Lee






Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Warning Letter from a Police Officer

I'm sharing the followingstorywith an additionalquestion 
of my own: So what do we do? 

1. Add another chemical to the drug war's list of banned substances, 
add a multitude of youngsters to the drug war's arrestable people list; and 
write laws that would lock up the parents of the dead child in the name of the 
drug war? 

2.Have Falcon add warning labels so that parents can educate 
their children and regulate the product so that ID is required for 
purchase?

Thank you for thinking this thing through.
Kay LeeMaking The Walls Transparenthttp://www.angelfire.com/fl3/starke 


1. Urban Legends Reference Pages: Toxins (Dusted 
Off)  Have adolescents died of huffing from cans of Dust-Off brand 
compressed air?


Dusted Off
Claim:Adolescents huffing cans of 
Dust-Off brand compressed air have died.
Status:  True. Example:  [Collected on the 
Internet, 2005] 

Subject: (Compressed Air) DUST OFF - WARNING
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. 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 PM. At 11 PM my wife went down and kissed Kyle 
goodnight. At 530 am 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 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. Its just compressed air. It cant hurt you. His best friend said no. 
Kyle's death Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It 
also contains a propellant. I think its R2. Its 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 cant 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. Its 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