Life "Dusting" have you heard of this?

Gracie Dean · 07-19-2010, 01:47 PM

Unfortunately this story is true. Please read more information by going to http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp It impacted a family in Sacramento .

Latest Drug in Middle School - '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 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.

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 beforemidnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle good-night. 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 so.

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. 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. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE . 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. 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 t 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 2 nd 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.

phisherman · 07-19-2010, 01:53 PM

just another inhalant story.

kids have been doing this for years.

ModSocks · 07-19-2010, 01:54 PM

Yeah, that's been around for years, nothing new. When i use to take public transit to work a year or more ago i saw this guy in the trolley with a can of that shit. Sitting in front of him was some older drunk guy ready to "party". The drunk guy guy watched as the other weirdo took a shot of it. Drunk guy says, "oh man, you gotta let me try that!"

Drunk guy takes a hit. Falls right to ****ing floor and wakes back up like 5 seconds later completely disoriented. ****ing idiots.

sedated · 07-19-2010, 01:54 PM

cheesing is much better

KC native · 07-19-2010, 01:54 PM

yea, inhalants. Aersols, paints, etc.

IIRC though most of the compressed air cans have added something to them that prevents the buzz effects so as to make them undesirable for inhalant abusers

BigCatDaddy · 07-19-2010, 01:56 PM

I always used Whippets.

ModSocks · 07-19-2010, 02:00 PM

When i was a teacher's assistant about 5 years ago for the court schools a lot of kids were using inhalents. It was a small school, so when one kid starts on something, they all pick it up.

I let this 14 y/r old girl go use the restroom. She was taking awhile so I went to go check on her. When she came out, she didn't realize she had permanent marker on her nose. I let the teacher know, teacher came out and checked her pockets. Sure enough, she had two black markers on her. This one wasn't very bright.

The sad part: The girl was black. Pretty cool girl actually. The teacher looked white, blue eyes, blonde hair, even though she was Spanish. We called her parents in to let them know what their daughter has been doing and that she was going to get expelled from the school for it.

The parents claimed that we were being racist and picking on her daughter and her daughter did nothing wrong. Made a huge scene about it and security had to escort them out.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 07-19-2010, 02:03 PM

This isn't new, some form of it has been going on for decades. Maybe longer.

Now, huffing anal lube?

That would be new.

ModSocks · 07-19-2010, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

This isn't new, some form of it has been going on for decades. Maybe longer.

Now, huffing anal lube?

That would be new.

Is that strawberry-kiwi I smell on your breath?

tooge · 07-19-2010, 02:06 PM

When I'm at the mall I often walk in front of large groups of people and fart. I call it cropdusting. Sort of similar without instant death.

Gracie Dean · 07-19-2010, 02:07 PM

I have heard of inhalents but not of the canned air.

sounds so dangerous

CoMoChief · 07-19-2010, 02:11 PM

I use pot/bong.

Guess I'm just an old-timer

DMAC · 07-19-2010, 02:12 PM

I took down a couple of air horns back in the early teen days.

waa waa waa waa waa waa waa

stupid.

Tytanium · 07-19-2010, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detoxing

When i was a teacher's assistant about 5 years ago for the court schools a lot of kids were using inhalents. It was a small school, so when one kid starts on something, they all pick it up.

I let this 14 y/r old girl go use the restroom. She was taking awhile so I went to go check on her. When she came out, she didn't realize she had permanent marker on her nose. I let the teacher know, teacher came out and checked her pockets. Sure enough, she had two black markers on her. This one wasn't very bright.

The sad part: The girl was black. Pretty cool girl actually. The teacher looked white, blue eyes, blonde hair, even though she was Spanish. We called her parents in to let them know what their daughter has been doing and that she was going to get expelled from the school for it.

The parents claimed that we were being racist and picking on her daughter and her daughter did nothing wrong. Made a huge scene about it and security had to escort them out.

What the hell kind of school expels a student for huffing a magic marker?

FAX · 07-19-2010, 02:15 PM

We used to spray Rust-Oleum in our faces. We called it Rusting. We had to quit because it's really easy to spot the users. If you see a kid with his eyelids glued shut and a blue or bright green head, that's a Ruster.

FAX

07-19-2010, 01:47 PM
Gracie Dean MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	"Dusting" have you heard of this? Unfortunately this story is true. Please read more information by going to http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp It impacted a family in Sacramento . Latest Drug in Middle School - '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 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. 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 beforemidnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle good-night. 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 so. 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. 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. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE . 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. 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 t 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 2 nd 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.
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07-19-2010, 01:53 PM	#2
phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO Casino cash: $1545484	just another inhalant story. kids have been doing this for years.
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07-19-2010, 01:54 PM	#3
ModSocks Needs more middle fingers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Casino cash: $4234563	Yeah, that's been around for years, nothing new. When i use to take public transit to work a year or more ago i saw this guy in the trolley with a can of that shit. Sitting in front of him was some older drunk guy ready to "party". The drunk guy guy watched as the other weirdo took a shot of it. Drunk guy says, "oh man, you gotta let me try that!" Drunk guy takes a hit. Falls right to **ing floor and wakes back up like 5 seconds later completely disoriented. **ing idiots. __________________ Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever.
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07-19-2010, 01:54 PM	#5
KC native Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Casino cash: $10049239	yea, inhalants. Aersols, paints, etc. IIRC though most of the compressed air cans have added something to them that prevents the buzz effects so as to make them undesirable for inhalant abusers
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07-19-2010, 01:56 PM	#6
BigCatDaddy The Beast Inside Your Head Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $1949122	I always used Whippets.
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07-19-2010, 02:00 PM	#7
ModSocks Needs more middle fingers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Casino cash: $4234563	When i was a teacher's assistant about 5 years ago for the court schools a lot of kids were using inhalents. It was a small school, so when one kid starts on something, they all pick it up. I let this 14 y/r old girl go use the restroom. She was taking awhile so I went to go check on her. When she came out, she didn't realize she had permanent marker on her nose. I let the teacher know, teacher came out and checked her pockets. Sure enough, she had two black markers on her. This one wasn't very bright. The sad part: The girl was black. Pretty cool girl actually. The teacher looked white, blue eyes, blonde hair, even though she was Spanish. We called her parents in to let them know what their daughter has been doing and that she was going to get expelled from the school for it. The parents claimed that we were being racist and picking on her daughter and her daughter did nothing wrong. Made a huge scene about it and security had to escort them out. __________________ Life is like a dick. Sometimes it gets hard for no reason, but it can't stay hard forever.
Posts: 64,354

07-19-2010, 02:03 PM	#8
OnTheWarpath15 MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $4871115	This isn't new, some form of it has been going on for decades. Maybe longer. Now, huffing anal lube? That would be new.
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07-19-2010, 02:06 PM	#10
tooge MVP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liberty, MO Casino cash: $3894112	When I'm at the mall I often walk in front of large groups of people and fart. I call it cropdusting. Sort of similar without instant death.
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07-19-2010, 02:07 PM	#11
Gracie Dean MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	I have heard of inhalents but not of the canned air. sounds so dangerous
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07-19-2010, 02:11 PM	#12
CoMoChief Mahomes Dynasty Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $8052254	I use pot/bong. Guess I'm just an old-timer
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07-19-2010, 02:12 PM	#13
DMAC MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $10008735	I took down a couple of air horns back in the early teen days. waa waa waa waa waa waa waa stupid.
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07-19-2010, 02:15 PM	#15
FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	We used to spray Rust-Oleum in our faces. We called it Rusting. We had to quit because it's really easy to spot the users. If you see a kid with his eyelids glued shut and a blue or bright green head, that's a Ruster. FAX
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