Ultra Duster Huffer Disrupts Traffic In Stafford: Police

STAFFORD, VA—A pajama-clad man acting irrationally and jumping in and out of traffic Friday while inhaling from the aerosol product "Ultra Duster" was arrested Friday in the area of Greenspring Drive and Vine Place, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Micha Jamar Kynard, 21, of Stafford, was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, inhalation of drugs and pedestrian interference with traffic.

Around 8:30 a.m., a deputy arrived at the scene after a report of man wearing a blue shirt and pajama pants jumping into traffic while inhaling an aerosol product. He spotted the man, who refused to remove his hands from his pockets. So the cop, at gunpoint, ordered him to hit the ground. Kynard, who had white, dry saliva at the corners of his mouth, made several incoherent statements.

Witnesses began reaching out to the deputy at the scene about the nutty actions, with one saying the man had tried to stop the school bus. Sure enough, police reached the bus driver who said Kynard ran in front of the bus and tried to stop it.

He was seen throwing an aerosol container into a ditch. A K-9 dog led authorities to a green container of "Ultra Duster." Meanwhile, in the police cruser, Kynard began to shake violently. Police said that's consistent with someone who has inhaled noxious chemicals.

Ultra Duster is a product widely used to clean things such as computer keyboards, printers and other electronic devices. On its website, the manufacturer says the product "contains a bitterant additive that discourages potential abusive and misusage (sic) of the product by making its contents unpleasant to inhale."

That may well be, but people have tied from huffing Ultra Duster, which is available at many stores, including Walmart. Here are a couple of examples from Minnesota and Houston.

The National Institute On Drug Abuse has some facts about such inhalants:

• Inhalants are various products easily bought and found in the home or workplace—such as spray paints, markers, glues, and cleaning fluids.
• They contain dangerous substances that have psychoactive (mind-altering) properties when inhaled.
• People don't typically think of these products as drugs because they're not intended for getting "high," but some people use them for that purpose.
• When these substances are used for getting high, they are called inhalants. Inhalants are mostly used by young kids and teens and are the only class of substance used more by younger than by older teens.

Photo: Stafford County Sheriff's Office