Teen Drowns Smoking Water Pipe
by Ann Thrope
Orange County, CA (2011). On New Years Eve Zachary Boyd was alive and well. His parents were out of the house, visiting friends for New Years. On New Years Day, however, Zachary was dead. His parents found him the next morning, slumped over on his bedroom floor, still holding the bong that killed him. Zachary had drowned from inhaling bong water. The events between the time his parents said goodbye, to the time they found him deceased, have been pieced together by criminologists at the Orange County Detective’s Office.
A teen using a potentially deadly water pipe without parental supervision.
On Christmas Day, Zachary visited his girlfriend’s family. At this time, his girlfriend confirms that he received from her a Christmas present, a new water pipe for smoking marijuana. After leaving his girlfriend’s home, Zachary smuggled the water pipe back into his home, although it is not clear how, he may have used another gift, but due to the size of the bong, detectives have ruled out body cavity concealment.
When Zachary returned home, his parents were off work the entire week. Meaning, Zachary did not have a chance to use his new bong for some time out of the fear of being caught by his parents. Forensic estimates on the usage of the bong show signs of not more than 3 full uses. Perhaps Zachary had snuck a couple in after his folks went to bed, but until New Years Eve he could not rip it with full force.
On that fateful night, Zachary got more than he bargained for. After an apparently vicious toke, bordering on totally belligerent, Zachary inhaled nearly a cup of somewhat used bongwater. Zachary immediately began to choke, and being too confused to call 911, collapsed and suffocated where he sat.
Mothers everywhere must talk to their children about the dangers of marijuana use, but most importantly, water bongs. Even with harmless tobacco water bongs pose a drowning risk, and must be used with extreme caution. Because of these risks, parental supervision is recommended for all children under the age of 21 when using a water bong. If an accident occurs, have the victim stand upside-down to allow the tar-laced water to leave their lungs. If that does not work, shake them up and down a few times to encourage the process. Rescue breathing might be used in a pinch, but when (not if) they spit the bong water back up into your mouth, you are going to regret it.
This kind of article should be banned. The misinformation is huge. The first death ever from a bong. I am.a lifeguard and parents never watch there kids in the pool compared to this incident that has only ever happened once.
Once? Who knows how many dazed stoners have fallen victim to dangerous water pipes. Its an epidemic that mothers everywhere should be aware of. Aside from that, you can take your anti-free speech politics out of here.
Darwin award. Don’t give me that crap about Cannabis being dangerous and then bring this poor excuse for a human being as proof for your argument. It sounds like the kid was an idiot. Bongs are not any more dangerous than the lamp on my table. It takes a real special person to kill himself with a smoking device. This whole story is riddled with propaganda and ignorance.
I beg to differ. Do you inhale marijuana smoke through the lamp on your table? Do you do so through a reservoir of water? If not, then it is not anywhere near as dangerous. If so, I suppose you have a point.
I’ve always heard the phrase “You can drown in a tablespoon of water”.
Perfect example right here.
Clearly water is dangerous and should be outlawed. After all, who knows how many other victims this terrible chemical compound has claimed?
Bongs are a device that one uses while inhaling air into the lungs. Obviously this is a clear risk, unlike other uses of water like drinking, bathing, or swimming.
This article is ridiculous lol, no matter how you feel about the long term effects of cannabis, the immediate danger of a water bong to the average human being is pretty non existent. Yay for sensationalism! Oh and then there’s this…. “Even with harmless tobacco water bongs pose a drowning risk, and must be used with extreme caution.” Harmless tobacco? Really?
Yes really. Unlike marijuana, tobacco is perfectly legal and does not jeopardize one’s liberty.
Ann you’re a fucking retard. How about all of us “stoners” get together and smash our bongs over her skull? Maybe then we won’t be exposed to the horrible danger a bong is. Right?
Just more evidence of the neurological destruction marijuana leads to, causing aggression, apathy, and sarcastic questions.
had a friend O.D. from eating too many cupcakes after smoking out of a bong….. True story ;D
“children under the age of 21″
legally an adult at 18: FAIL 1
“bordering on totally belligerent”
Unable to be substantiated/conjecture: FAIL 2
“Zachary immediately began to choke, and being too confused to call 911″
See reason for FAIL 2: FAIL 3
“harmless tobacco”
Really?: FAIL 4
“have the victim stand upside-down to allow the tar-laced water to leave their lungs. If that does not work, shake them up and down a few times to encourage the process. Rescue breathing might be used in a pinch, but when (not if) they spit the bong water back up into your mouth, you are going to regret it.”
Now I KNOW you’re trolling and spreading misinformation: FAIL 5
“Your entire comment”
FAIL Ω
“…due to the size of the bong, detectives have ruled out body cavity concealment.”
Because sticking a bong up your butt is the preferred method of teens who smuggle bongs into their homes.
“Once? Who knows how many dazed stoners have fallen victim to dangerous water pipes. Its an epidemic that mothers everywhere should be aware of.”
I do. One idiot child with his idiot parents. Rich.
Zachary’s family is on public assistance, his parents are both out of work due to the recession, and struggle to support Zachary’s sister (Claire, 11) who has downs syndrome. I hope you’re happy.
So, they have one daughter with downs syndrome, and one son with drowns syndrome?
Drowning is not a syndrome. Drowning is an event, sometimes precipitated by inebriation or being in or around water alone, both factors being present in this situation.
“Zachary’s family is on public assistance, his parents are both out of work due to the recession, and struggle to support Zachary’s sister (Claire, 11) who has downs syndrome. I hope you’re happy.”
This right here proves your stupidity.
He is not referring to Zachary’s family as being rich.
How dumb are you?
This right here proves you are just totally obtuse. I never said that he said they were rich, you’re the one assuming things and inferring wrongly. I mentioned their financial status in irony, which apparently you did not grasp, due to his comment “Rich” which I took to mean he thought that losing their son was funny.
I notice you didn’t include a source. Not only do I call bullshit, but your blog should be removed and you should be fired for writing this bullshyt. After a fairly thorough news search for the past 10 days, I can’t find any report of this. Either someone lied to you or you made it up. I think I’ll be contacting whom ever runs The Ladies Monthly.com and inform them of the journalistic ethics violation you have committed.
This article is preposterous. There is no existing record or obituary of “Zachary Boyd” from Orange County. This is either an intentionally provocative article aimed at angering “stoners” or one to give mothers ANOTHER reason to fear for the safety of their children; a controversy you created in order to promote your mythical career as a journalist.
Based on this website’s demographic I’ll assume the latter. Perhaps parents should talk to their children about legitimate dangers. Not, “Drowning on bong water”. Is that the best you have got? Really? You chose to concoct a story about a teen drowning on bong water. Perhaps people should find a resource about the dangers of drug use from a website whose top stories don’t begin with an in depth guide on what fruits make a man’s semen most ambrosial.
“parental supervision is recommended for all children under the age of 21 when using a water bong”
Because when you turn 21 you develop an amphibious respiratory system that prevents drowning. Excellent suggestion Doctor.
“If an accident occurs, have the victim stand upside-down to allow the tar-laced water to leave their lungs. If that does not work, shake them up and down a few times to encourage the process.”
YES!! Because one stoner hanging the other by the heels upside down while he’s choking is surely the correct procedure to perform on a drowning victim. I learned this as well in my ACME Lifeguard Certification Pamphlet.
This article is entirely falsified and Ann Thorpe is one of the least intelligent individuals contributing information to the internet. Your move Ladies Weekly!
P.S. I do admire your original approach to illustrating the dangers of marijuana. Blame the pipe. That’s blaming index fingers for pulling a trigger. Good on you. Hope to see more this “SURPRISINGLY DEADLY” in the future.
Something happened between the words and the article and your fingers typing that response that had the effect much like a funhouse mirror. You bent, twisted, misremembered, and just flat out argued badly. For example:
“This article is entirely falsified and Ann Thorpe is one of the least intelligent individuals contributing information to the internet. Your move Ladies Weekly!”
You didn’t even transcribe the title correctly. You also accused us of rabble-rousing, and getting mothers worried. False. This article is purely informational, and mothers will react to it as mothers do, however each finds appropriate. You also quip that age 21 is too early to end parental supervision due to the lack of any physical change in the lungs, which is a fairer point. We fully encourage mothers to supervise water bong use throughout the lifespan.
This is just another case of a careless teen with Dihydrogen Monoxide.
“Recent scientific evidence has shown the substance
Dihydrogen Monoxide (to be referred to as DHMO) to be extremely dangerous to life. It is known to be a major component of acid rain and an important cause of erosion. Nationwide, thousands of deaths are attributed to DHMO every year. Historically, DHMO has been used in Nazi death camps as well as prisons in Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Libya, Iraq, and Iran. Despite overwhelming evidence of DHMO’s detrimental effects, people continue to be exposed to it, even in so-called “organic” and “natural” foods.”
Also, putting it in your bong can cause you to drown.
http://www.dhmo.org/research.html
What does his families predicament have to do with anything about how ignorant this kid was? Nothing. Don’t try to play the pity card here.
This article is supposed to show us how dangerous drugs are? Not one single person has ever died from smoking cannabis and you are trying to make it look like we have a case here to amend that. You must have watched refer madness more than a few times. This article has so much misleading information it’s disgusting. Congratulations on giving birth to this giant piece of crap. It must be a record.
I fail to see how an accidental act proves one is ignorant. Have you ever accidentally done anything? What about wasting your energy arguing with false assumptions? Does that make you ignorant?
Ann, you obviously lack any ability to gather/report information, I would know, I work in the media. I see this sort of bad reporting all the time, and have to yell at people just like you because of it, some of you learn…most of you don’t. Think for one second how many people per year die from direct use of tobacco, and then how many die from direct use of marijuana…actually, please dont think, you will be doing us all a favor. and this case in particular, while I feel sorry for the boy and his family, it was not marijuana that killed the individual, it was probably overfilling his smoking apparatus with H20 that caused his direct suffocation upon inhalation.
“Ann, you obviously lack any ability to gather/report information, I would know, I work in the media.”
Yes, as someone who works in the media you surely are well acquainted with the lack of an ability to gather/report information.
My goodness. This just proves that pot kills brain cells!
i would have to agree with everyone calling her a complete mental case after reading two i of her articles i would have to put her in the same category as Charles Manson after reading her turning your gay daughter straight and then this i would not take a word out of her mouth as truth and usable information. i was sure that she was just some child trying to get kicks out of people by posting outrageous information but after read this one being the second topic i have read of hers, im starting to thing she actually believes in this stuff and my only hope is that she is old and does not live to be much older.
Lol, Ann Thorpe wrote this article. What an idiot. No one believes your drivel.
[slow clap]
anyone who doesn’t see the satire in this article is a moron.
I just wonder how long until this site gets shut down
About half-past never.
My mom read this, and laughed. Straight up bullllllllshit. Ha, you’re fucking stupid and ignorant.
Ann Thrope is an anagram, and this entire site is for trolling purposes.
Rant Phone writes stupid stories, and get to lol at all the silly ppl believing it to be made in ernest.
You got me! Its an anagram for Rant Phone! Clever indeed, you are. But that’s not because the site is a joke, its because I like to rant on the phone all day. That’s why its my name, dawg.
Miss Ann Thrope wins one internets.
Ok, so I’ve been picking through this site and trying to figure out if this is for real or just an elaborate prank site. Personally, I really hope it’s a prank site, because while I knew that people could be ignorant, this just takes it to a whole new level…
This is a troll sight, and I have been thoroughly trolled by it. Good job!
its like i allways said
DMHO is dangerous it is faital when inhaled it should be banned from the earth
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
BANN Dihydrogen Monoxide NOW
one of the worlds most dangerous chemical substances
several 1000 people are addicted too it!
ohh and btw Bong smoking is specialy dangerous cause
it emits a large amount of fatal DHMO when smoked
Satire at its finest.
Lol @ ‘it’s an anagram for Rant Phone’
To the author; I salute your clever name
Obvious troll. I can’t believe people fall for this shit.
This site must never, ever, be shut down! I knew there was still some awesome left in America somewhere, even when all my peers told i was insane for believing it! Well besides Chuck Norris obviously….
look… this is a death from stupidity…. not from marijuana use. a cup of water huh? too bad it only takes about a table spoon to drown someone. he ahd to be drinking the water to get a whole cup in his lung…. i mean shiiit. my bong is pretty fucking big… and i dont even have a cup of water in it… stupidity i tell you pure stupidity.
All I have to say is that I’m 18 and I’ve smoked my share of water bongs. Do you know how damn hard you’d have to hit that thing to actually inhale so much water you drowned? I agree with the people with any sort of common sense on this page: it wasn’t smoking marijuana or even the bong. It was the over-eagerness and over-enthusiasm of this one pothead that killed him. You have to be pretty dumb to inhale over a cup of water without realizing what you’re doing.
1: This article is FAKE. Trolling at its finest, look how it’s cause all of you to rant. Yes, let us just feed the ignorant troll.
2: There’s no way you could get a cup of bong water into your system by inhaling. He might have been drinking it. Does that mean we should outlaw beverages?
3: Oh my god, tabacco is so harmless, guys. Please, she knows she’s trolling now. Don’t even get me started on this “body cavity consealment”. Because we love to stick bongs up our asses.
4: What 18 year old living on their own is going to call Mommy or Daddy to come make sure they don’t choke while doing drugs. That’s like asking them to come watch them give head to make sure they don’t choke on semen.
You have all officially been trolled. Huzzah.
This article is fucking hilarious. A good parent should make sure that they supervise their children when smoking from a bong and then shake them violently when they start to choke from inhaling the water, neverminding the heimlich maneuver.