Eagle Point, OR -- A teenage party that combined booze, marijuana and a tank of helium turned deadly last week after a 14-year-old passed out and died.
Fourteen-year-old Ashley Long suffered an embolism from the pressurized tank depriving her brain of oxygen.
The death sheds light on the deadly effects of helium, usually misused by people as a trick to give their voice a cartoon character sound.
But the death exposes the rare but real dangers of inhaling helium, especially from a pressurized tank.
Experts say parents should talk to their children about the dangers of ingesting any substance -- especially while drinking.
AP