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LEE COUNTY— Dustin Waits knew all three teens involved in Sunday morning's alleged drug overdose. He says he tested out the exact batch of drugs believed to have killed Chris Hundley and Steve Wambolt and put Alex Kulwicki in the hospital.
Nineteen year old Dustin Waits claims he was with Alex Kulwicki and friends last Friday night when the package arrived.
"It was a regular yellow envelope, with a Ziploc bag of 25 g of DXM," said Waits.
DXM is dextromethorphan, a powerful drug with psychedelic effects at high doses. It's found in cold medicines like Coricidin.
Waits says the powder form of DXM was purchased off of a website called Chemical-API and was mailed to Kulwicki's friend Torin Lother in Fort Myers so no one's parents would find it.
When it arrived several of the men tried it.
"I had not done DXM in a while, and it made us all sick," said Waits.
According to police, sometime early Sunday morning, Alex Kulwicki, Chris Hundley and Steve Wambolt overdosed on a drug bought off the internet. Two of those teens died. Police will not say what drug they allegedly used.
Waits was not there that night, but says the three men took DXM. Hundley and Wambolt died and Kulwicki ended up in the hospital.
"We're used to them sitting out on the porch and now there's just three empty chairs," said Waits.
Looking at pictures, poems and music Wambolt made, Lother was unable to speak on camera. He has spoken with detectives.
Waits has been scared straight from using DXM and hopes parents take a closer look into what their kids are doing.
"You never think you could die, until it happens," said Waits.
Wambolt was into music and often wrote guitar riffs. Friends don’t have many pictures of Hundley because he was always the one taking the pictures.
The website where the teens allegedly purchased the drug warns, "This is not a finished pharmaceutical product, but an active ingredient. These products are not intended for human consumption."
Waits and Lother say the teens were aware of the dangers of DXM, but believes they just used too much.
LEE COUNTY— Dustin Waits knew all three teens involved in Sunday morning's alleged drug overdose. He says he tested out the exact batch of drugs believed to have killed Chris Hundley and Steve Wambolt and put Alex Kulwicki in the hospital.
Nineteen year old Dustin Waits claims he was with Alex Kulwicki and friends last Friday night when the package arrived.
"It was a regular yellow envelope, with a Ziploc bag of 25 g of DXM," said Waits.
DXM is dextromethorphan, a powerful drug with psychedelic effects at high doses. It's found in cold medicines like Coricidin.
Waits says the powder form of DXM was purchased off of a website called Chemical-API and was mailed to Kulwicki's friend Torin Lother in Fort Myers so no one's parents would find it.
When it arrived several of the men tried it.
"I had not done DXM in a while, and it made us all sick," said Waits.
According to police, sometime early Sunday morning, Alex Kulwicki, Chris Hundley and Steve Wambolt overdosed on a drug bought off the internet. Two of those teens died. Police will not say what drug they allegedly used.
Waits was not there that night, but says the three men took DXM. Hundley and Wambolt died and Kulwicki ended up in the hospital.
"We're used to them sitting out on the porch and now there's just three empty chairs," said Waits.
Looking at pictures, poems and music Wambolt made, Lother was unable to speak on camera. He has spoken with detectives.
Waits has been scared straight from using DXM and hopes parents take a closer look into what their kids are doing.
"You never think you could die, until it happens," said Waits.
Wambolt was into music and often wrote guitar riffs. Friends don’t have many pictures of Hundley because he was always the one taking the pictures.
The website where the teens allegedly purchased the drug warns, "This is not a finished pharmaceutical product, but an active ingredient. These products are not intended for human consumption."
Waits and Lother say the teens were aware of the dangers of DXM, but believes they just used too much.
