Heartbreaking last message from mum, 35, who accidentally gassed herself to death while pregnant with fourth child – after post-natal depression battle: An inquest ruled [she] accidentally killed herself by inhaling gas, having done so as a 12-year-old to get 'a high'.
Popular Dereham sportman’s death was “drug-related”, inquest hears: Assistant coroner for Norfolk Johanna Thompson said the medical cause of death was “cardiac arrhythmia due to cocaine and volatile substance toxicity”.
Former Ayrshire heroin addict turns his life around by becoming a priest after a decade of being in and out of prison: "I had friends who took drugs and grew out of it, but I have an addictive personality and what started out as solvent abuse progressed to eventually becoming a heroin addict.”
Limehouse shop permanently closed after selling illegal ‘laughing gas’: A convenience store in Limehouse caught selling almost 13,500 canisters of illegal nitrous oxide has closed after it was stripped of its licence to sell alcohol.
A man from Longfield has been arrested after canisters found in car: [Police] searched the vehicle and found 80 canisters, suspected to have nitrous oxide in them, two mobile phones and £155 cash.
Police seize nitrous oxide during Wilmslow Road raid: The premises was reportedly 'openly selling' the drug to local residents.
Notorious graffiti artist caught selling laughing gas at Lockdown Festival: Police found 1,500 canisters in his tent and in his car.
Shrewsbury police crack down on laughing gas craze: Police in Shrewsbury have pledged to crack down on the use of nitrous oxide in the town.
'Nitrous oxide is no laughing matter' warns police: Police and the Safer Vale Partnerships are warning youths not to inhale nitrous oxide.
Lincolnshire laughing gas dealer 'too old for this': A judge has told a man who was caught with 472 laughing gas canisters at a music festival he is "too old for this".
Police to ramp up patrols in Honiton park after empty ‘hippy crack’ canister boxes and used balloons are found: In total, the empty boxes would have contained 120 canisters containing nitrous oxide - known as laughing gas or ‘hippy crack’.
Mellor residents concerns over nitrous oxide use after careless littering in Village Hall car park: Pictures show several empty canisters strewn across Mellor Village Hall car park, as well as burst balloons and discarded fast food takeaway bags.
THE NETHERLANDS
Use of laughing gas oon the rise at festivals: Dutch festivalgoers are increasing partaking in the use of nitrous oxide, a legal but potentially harmful pastime, according to event producers' association VVEM.
USA
Up to 8 years is possible sentence for unlicensed driver who killed 2 in crash near St. Cloud (MN): An unlicensed driver with a history of “huffing” chemicals could be sentenced to up to eight years after admitting to killing two people in a wrong-way crash near St. Cloud.
Teenager high on "Whip-Its" killed [70-year-old woman] in car crash (CA): We are told, this is the first accident like this in Kern County; where someone driving high on "Whip-Its" caused a fatal collision.
Man convicted in US 2 ‘huffing’ crash, homicide loses appeal (WA): A Sultan man whose vehicular homicide conviction included allegations of huffing computer cleaner while driving has lost his appeal.
Walmart not liable for death from huffing dust spray: Walmart isn’t liable for the death of a Texas woman who allegedly died in a store parking lot after huffing 60 cans of aerosol dust-remover purchased at the store during nine separate trips over a 27-hour period.
60 lbs of laughing gas uncovered during I-87 traffic stop (NY): A routine traffic stop by Hudson Valley police ended with authorities discovering 60 pounds of Nitrous Oxide.
Other VSA-associated arrests took place in NJ and OH. (NB - many US stories are now inaccessible due to new GDPR legislation.
NEW ZEALAND
Two injured after huffing explosion at home in Hamilton East: Two people have been burnt after a butane cannister believed to have been used for huffing exploded at a house in Hamilton.
SOUTH KOREA
South Korean Teenagers Exposed to Dangers of Vietnamese Drug Balloons: Narcotics known as “happy balloons” are being exposed to South Korean teenagers without any discretion, and regulative measures are being called for.
INDIA
Inhalants most common drug among street children: Inhalants are coming out to be the most common form of drug amongst street children. In some cases, medicines, especially sleeping tablets and painkillers are also used by the children, experts from All India Institute of Medical Science said.
Psychiatrists raise alarm over misuse of solvents: Psychiatrists and counsellors have urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to put a serious check on on misuse of solvents like whiteners.
