UK
15-year-old died after inhaling lighter fluid, inquest hears: A teenage boy from Poole died after inhaling lighter fluid, an inquest has heard.
Alcoholic abused paramedic after being told to stop sniffing gas (South Shields): “As he was receiving treatment, he attempted to sniff one of the bottles of gas which was in his possession."
'It will kill you': Telford addict gave up drugs but turned to sniffing lighter fuel, court told: A Telford man successfully kicked his drug habit, only to become addicted to sniffing lighter fuel.
38 year-old pleaded guilty to theft at Worcester Magistrates Court: The court heard [he has] problems with drugs and alcohol, and more recently solvent abuse.
Parents' warning as school girls seen 'inhaling aerosols' in Lion Walk (Colchester): Parents are concerned after a group of schoolgirls were seen “inhaling aerosols” in the town centre.
Man described as ticking bomb by Norwich judge is jailed for repeatedly refusing to stop inhaling butane gas: A man who has repeatedly refused to stop inhaling butane gas on Norwich streets has been jailed by a judge who described him as a “ticking bomb” and “an accident waiting to happen”.
Young citizens learn life lessons at Franklin Gardens: Lessons learned included: cyber safety, how to react to and prevent crimes and hazards, safety around lorries and understanding solvent abuse.
Swan Housing Association reveals cause of Hornchurch explosion was ‘gas canister explosion’: A police spokeswoman said the flat where the explosion ignited, contained “a large quantity of Butane gas canisters”.
USA
Virginia Man Dies From Inhaling Cans of Compressed Air: The Virginia medical examiner's office has determined that a 28-year-old man found dead in a car in a Walmart parking lot died from inhaling cans of compressed air.
Driver accused of using inhalant before crash (OR): An 18-year-old St. Helens youth accused of killing a man walking along Gable Road faces new charges stemming from the incident.
Supreme Court overturns driver’s ‘huffing’ conviction (MN): For the time being, at least, huffing and driving do mix, legally speaking. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Oct. 11 ruled that a chemical commonly sold as the computer-cleaning product “Dust-Off” is not a “hazardous substance” under state law, and therefore cannot lead to a DWI conviction.
Rep. crafting bold drug bills on huffing, seized money (NH): State Rep. Brandon Phinney, L-Rochester, has drafted legislative service requests (LSRs) for two separate drug-related bills. One would increase the amount of money that prevention and treatment efforts receive when police seize funds during major drug busts; the other would make the huffing of chemicals a non-criminal act.
CANADA
Cliff Cardinal's Huff is a masterpiece in the making: Hard-hitting and endlessly creative solo show shines a light on the disturbing realities of life on a reservation.
Teenagers laugh as they film friend dying after inhaling lighter fluid to get high (Leningrad Oblast): Mikhail Lukoyanov, 17, died after inhaling the fumes to get high with his friends in Volosovo in north western Russia - seen in mobile phone footage.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Three injured in UAE car explosion after inhaling gas (Sharjah): Three Emirati youths received serious burn injuries after the gas they were inhaling from a cigarette lighter caught fire in their car.
‘More boys doing drugs now’ (Karnataka): Snorting and sniffing substance to be used to apply puncture of vehicle tubes and others is little bit high among boys and less among girls.
Youth addicted to sniffing glue kills self (Tamil Nadu): The police investigation revealed that he had a habit of sniffing the glue to get high for the past one year.
The problem of growing drug addiction among Kashmiri youths missing focus in years of Valley’s conflict: From cannabis to medicinal opioids to inhalants such as glue and paint thinner, the youth of Kashmir are getting hooked to different substances, officials said.
AUSTRALIA
Care kids’ stories tell of neglect and despair (NT): From turning to aerosol-sniffing to the devastating realisation they wouldn’t be going home, Indigenous children have told of the effects of being forcibly placed in care.
Ombudsman found that the capsicum spraying of a "skinny, quite small" boy aged 11 while he was handcuffed and contained in the cage of a police van was inappropriate and risky (NT). The boy, who had been sniffing a volatile substance, was spit-hooded and handcuffed after repeatedly spitting at officers, and tried to use the hood to choke himself, before pulling it off.
Does Laughing Gas Cause Nerve Damage? Australian Student Inhales 360 N2O Canisters (NSW): An Australian college student is recovering after she was left with severe nerve damage to her spinal cord after inhaling 360 canisters of nitrous oxide (N2O), or laughing gas, in a week.
NEW ZEALAND
Man's death highlights rehab access issues - coroner: He had been taken out of his mother's care when he was two, had an abusive childhood and began huffing inhalants at the age of 12. This continued through to his death, when he was using three to four cans of fly spray a day.
Man fights police for rights of kids to huff glue: "That's glue. That's a legal product in this country. Abuse of solvents and glue is legal in this country!"
