UK
Boy, 15, died 'after inhaling aerosol fumes and taking drug cocktail with his mum: [She] allegedly gave him and his friends morphine and other medications as they drank alcohol and sniffed aerosols in the kitchen, a jury was told.
Dangerous substances too easy to get hold of, says coroner: At an inquest into the death of [a man] who died using nitrous oxide, Coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley said many dangerous substances are available online.
Metabolic encephalopathy caused by nitrous oxide (‘laughing gas’) induced hyperammonaemia: A 26-year-old man presented at the emergency department with confusion and decreased consciousness after several days of vomiting. In the preceding 6 months, he had used a 2-litre tank of nitrous oxide (N2O) weekly.
Drunk road safety driver jailed over police crash in Maidenhead: [He] had been driving a group of people back to a party after buying alcohol and balloons for nitrous oxide.
People who stay vegan after ‘Veganuary’ should take care not to become deficient in Vitamin B12: Prof Sanders also said that consumption of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, among young people can cause vitamin B12 deficiency and “tip the balance to them getting serious neuropathy”.
PCC Seeks Crackdown on Widespread Sales of ‘Laughing Gas’ in Surrey: David Munro, Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has asked the Home Office to consider urgent action to tackle the increased recreational use of nitrous oxide, also known as “laughing gas”.
'It left me disgusted and depressed' - Huge haul of 148 hippy crack canisters found by worried mum in North Staffordshire park.
Warning after deadly gas canisters are found dumped in Wigan: A councillor has called for more to be done to prevent young people abusing potentially lethal “laughing gas” after piles of empty canisters were found in broad daylight.
Piles of 'laughing gas' nitrous oxide canisters found in Portsmouth car park: Environmental campaign group The Final Straw Solent, which is run in association with The News, found scores of gas canisters at Farlington Marshes.
'Laughing gas' canisters found in a Cornish field: Police have issued a warning as laughing gas canisters are found littering a Cornish field.
Police find used bag of 'hippy crack' canisters in children's play area on Aylesbury estate: The police made the unnerving discovery yesterday while officers were on foot patrol in the area.
Council named as finalist in prestigious awards: Environmental enforcement officers have demonstrated their commitment to ensuring Thurrock’s streets are cleaner and safer through extensive collaborative work with Essex Police in operations to tackle anti-social behaviour including nuisance motorbike riders, graffiti and nitrous oxide canisters.
Nic's Schersniffer: X Factor’s Nicole Scherzinger ‘sniffed poppers’ during wild night out at gay bar with beau Thom Evans.
Driver 'blows up' car with 'excessive' use of air freshener: A driver caused an explosion in his car when he lit a cigarette after spraying air freshener.
BELGIUM
Brussels Sees Surge of ‘Glue-Addicted’ North African Children: The Belgian capital of Brussels has seen the arrival of dozens of migrant street children in recent months, many addicted to glue-sniffing and alcohol.
DENMARK
Why Denmark wants to ban under-18s from buying laughing gas: Young people under the age of 18 should not be able to buy nitrous oxide cartridges, also known as laughing gas, according to the government.
Accurate numbers on prevalence of nitrous oxide revealed: A new study published by Sundhedsstyrelsen on December 16 reveals that 17 percent of young men at business schools have tried nitrous oxide cartridges – the so-called laughing gas.
NETHERLANDS
Netherlands set to ban recreational use of laughing gas: Nitrous oxide will become a controlled substance under the Opium Act in the Netherlands to curb the growing use of the chemical compound more commonly known as laughing gas. The substance will be added to the "List II" classification under the law, alongside drugs like hashish, diazepam, lorazepam and butabarbital, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport said in a statement.
Dutch government moves to ban laughing gas: The Dutch government on Monday announced plans to include nitrous oxide – more commonly known as laughing gas – on a “black list” of drugs, in response to the rapid increase in gas use among the youth of the nation.
POLAND
Poolse jongen (11) dood na inademen deodorant: Een 11-jarige jongen in Polen is zaterdag overleden nadat hij deodorant had ingeademd, maakte de politie maandag bekend. Het kind inhaleerde de deo samen met een 13-jarig meisje. Het tweetal wilde zichzelf „verdoven.” (An 11-year-old boy in Poland died after he inhaled deodorant. The child inhaled the deodorant together with a 13-year-old girl.)
USA
“Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use, 1975-2019: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use” provides details on inhalant use among young people. The 2019 figures are that 4.7% of 8th grade, 2.8% of 10th grade and 1.9% of 12th grade students admit to having used inhalants in the past year, a small increase on 2018 figures. Data tables can be found here.
Others Aren't Charged in Teen's State College Inhalant Death (PA): Authorities say criminal charges won't be filed against people who were present when an Erie teenager died of chemical asphyxia in October from inhaling nitrous oxide.
Wis. man guilty of killing 3 girl scouts and mom in hit-and-run as they picked up trash along road (WI): [He] was driving while huffing air duster when he hit the girls.
California man who huffed before crash that killed 3 Twin Cities men appeals 75-year prison sentence (CA): A man who pleaded guilty to a 2017 car crash that left three people dead is now appealing to change his plea because he did not understand the consequences in accepting the plea deal.
Lehigh Township man who threatened to kill wife faces charges after overnight standoff, police say (PA): [He] reportedly “had been huffing and drinking alcohol all day".
Driver tells police he had been huffing before crashing into Rexburg town home (ID): A driver told police he passed out while under the influence before slamming a vehicle into a Rexburg townhouse.
Man wrecks car after huffing chemical air (TX): Wichita Falls Police officers arrested a man after he allegedly crashed his car while huffing cans of compressed air.
Duluth woman paralyzed by driver impaired from huffing sues aerosol cleaner manufacturer 3M (MN): A Duluth woman is trying to stop others from being injured or killed from huffing after she was left paralyzed from a crash in which the impaired driver had inhaled an aerosol keyboard cleaner.
Deputies arrest 3 brothers and a 4th suspect and seize 35 nitrous oxide tanks and 4 guns in Norwalk (CA): ... They had received complaints that nitrous oxide was being sold at the location at all hours of the night.
Police find illegal inhalants in Horse Cave Adult Bookstore (KY): Officers say the toxic vapors emitted from these substances cause various side effects, including death. They say the chemicals being sold included isobutyl nitrite.
A closer look at a dangerous fad growing in our area -- nitrous oxide (PA): Channel 11 is taking a closer look at a dangerous fad -- nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas.
CANADA
B.C. doctor links non-medical use of nitrous oxide to serious illness, addiction: A B.C. doctor is warning against intentionally inhaling nitrous oxide, saying it causes psychosis and other neurological effects.
INDIA
30 lakh children across India are addicted to inhalants: A 13-year-old boy rescued from the streets of Bengalaru six month ago craved cheaply available cycle glue or whitener.
PRC
Arrest for laughing gas 'addict': A junior college student who had been taking laughing gas for four years and sold the gas to cover her expenses has been arrested, prosecutors said on Thursday.
AUSTRALIA
Project CASM recognised for prevention and early intervention of substance abuse in Brisbane: QPS Detective Sergeant Peter Lunney said Project CASM seeks to protect and divert young people from volatile substance misuse (VSM) in Brisbane City with the overarching goal of reducing the prevalence of associated offending.
'Nangs' sale restricted in SA under new state government legislation: The sale of nitrous oxide canisters, known as 'nangs', will be restricted from the new year under a new South Australian government crackdown.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
VSA Headlines - November 2019
Public Health England have published the latest NDTMS data for Substance misuse treatment for adults: statistics 2018 to 2019. This reports that 314 adults are currently in treatment services for VSA. The figure in 2017-18 was 322.
Substance misuse treatment for young people: statistics 2018 to 2019 reports that 380 young people are currently in treatment services for VSA. They are aged between 13-17 with a median age of 15. The figure in 2017-18 was 387, again with a median age of 15.
Other headlines from around the world this month include:
UK
Dad couldn't get defibrillator in bid to save son's life - due to no phone signal: [He] jumped in his car, in Hockwold, and dashed to the village hall to find a defibrillator to use on his son, 13-year-old Jack, who had been found unresponsive in his room.
Trial of mum accused of supplying drugs to teen son before he died is postponed: ... They are also accused of sniffing aerosols together in February - before Tyler was found dead hours later.
Surrey PCC calls on Home Office action on Nitrous Oxide: PCC David Munro says the drug is too easy for young people to get hold of and is now an anti-social behaviour issue in Surrey.
Amazon and eBay 'must block illicit nitrous oxide sales': A trading standards expert has warned online stores need to "take responsibility" to prevent the illicit sale of nitrous oxide. The gas - dubbed "laughing gas" or "nos" - is being sold with equipment needed to take it as a high on sites like Amazon and eBay, BBC Wales found.
Partnership helps shape good citizens of the future: Northants County Council delivered a workshop about online safety, the Solve-It solvent abuse charity explored the use of drugs and peer pressure, while Northants Fire and Rescue Service led a session on hazard awareness and what to do in the event of a fire.
Strood warehouse rave 'with over 1,000 people' dispersed: A 39-year-old man ... was held on suspicion of conspiring to commit a public order offence and supplying a psychoactive substance (nitrous oxide), a police spokesman said.
Hundreds of silver cannisters found in Chorleywood: The cannisters were collected in Chorleywood - and now Three Rivers District Council is urging parents to check if their children are carrying canisters of Nitrous Oxide.
Elton John fed Rod Stewart poppers to make him dance during wild nights out: Elton John has revealed he used to entice Rod Stewart to the dance floor with bottles of poppers during their wild nights out.
(BBC Video) 'Nos': What is nitrous oxide or laughing gas?
NETHERLANDS
Arnhem introduces blanket ban on sale laughing gas: Arnhem is the first city in the Netherlands to have completely banned the recreational sale of laughing gas, broadcaster NOS reports.
USA
Evidence of huffing found in homeless man's demise (IL): A homeless man found dead a week ago had apparently been huffing, according to Springfield police reports.
Teen collapsed and died after inhaling nitrous oxide at house near Penn State campus, coroner says (PA): The death of a teen at an off-campus house at Penn State University has been ruled as accidental, according to the coroner.
Doctors warn of the dangers of ingesting nitrous oxide in light of OU student death (OH): The coroner said that student died after ingesting nitrous oxide, also known as “whippet.”
Hundreds gather on anniversary of Girl Scout tragedy in Chippewa Falls (WI): [A 22-year-old] is charged with four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and other charges. The criminal complaint alleges he was huffing from an aerosol canister before he crashed his pickup truck into the group of Girl Scouts.
Wausau man charged with homicide in fatal crash (WI): A man is facing homicide charges in a fatal crash in Wausau that investigators say was caused by huffing.
Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for killing a pedestrian (VT): Police said the 31-year-old had been high after “huffing a can of compressed air” at the time when he swerved his Jeep across three lanes of traffic onto a sidewalk, hitting Harris, who later died from his injuries.
Car hits retaining wall, driver arrested (IN): Officers who investigated allege the driver had been operating the 1987 Cadillac while inhaling toxic vapors.
Man arrested for huffing in Sheetz parking lot (NJ) [He was] arrested at the Sheetz on Carlisle Road in York for driving under the influence, inhaling a toxic releasing substance, and retail theft.
Woman lights car on fire at Liberty Walmart because it was, 'dirty' (OH): [Her] husband told police that she had allegedly been caught huffing paint thinner and mothballs recently.
26 arrested at Dead & Co’s NY shows for nitrous, LSD, shrooms & more (NY): It’s not news to anyone that attendees of Grateful Dead-related concerts are probably going to engage in a little enhancement during the show, but if you thought the cops patrolling Nassau Coliseum this week would turn a blind eye to that, apparently you’d be wrong.
3 people arrested after LSD, MDMA and mushrooms were found inside car in Wickliffe (PA): After searching the vehicle, police found more than two ounces of suspected "Molly" or MDMA, 74 doses of suspected LSD, mushrooms and a 25-pound tank of suspected nitrous oxide.
Man arrested in Crossville after allegedly huffing paint at Walmart (TN): Crossville police responded Tuesday to Walmart to a male subject that had been in the store for a few hours opening packages and closing them.
Man cited on inhalants charge: A Roseburg man was cited for unlawful possession of inhalants on Monday night.
CANADA
Sheshatshiu 'needs a miracle,' says physician who worked to help Labrador children: Rosales, a pediatrician who has specialized in treating children harmed by prenatal exposure to alcohol, worked with dozens of young Innu who were sent to the Grace Hospital in St. John's in 2001 for treatment of solvent abuse.
HUFF: Huff is the wrenching, yet darkly comic tale of Indigenous brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse and struggling to cope with the death of their mother.
KENYA
Why there are so many street kids: ... It also emerged that some pharmacies in Meru county sell antidepressant pills to street children. Their argument is that they are better than sniffing glue and their effects last longer and do not cause stigma.
CHINA
Two men sentenced for selling laughing gas: Two men who earned more than 23 million yuan from illegally selling laughing gas online have been sentenced to multiple years in jail, prosecutors in Qingpu District said on Tuesday.
INDIA
Psychiatrists say children in classes III and IV getting addicted to inhalants (Coimbatore):While some are addicted to inhalants—like nail polish removers and whiteners, others are addicted to mobile phone games.
Glue-Sniffing To Get High On Rise Among Teens In Rourkela: Frequent use of adhesives by teenagers to get intoxicating effect has raised major concern for the local administration in Rourkela. Due to cheap rates and easy availability in the market, many young boys especially street children are reportedly opting for it.
BANGLADESH
All for a quick high: Children sitting on a road divider and sniffing glue together after dark should not bea common scene, yet in this day that is the case.
Saving the deviant teenagers: ... Despite being dismissed as a mere public nuisance by ordinary people, it's a scene not encountered in Dhaka before. It comprises children, led by an older youth, who get hooked on glue-sniffing.
MALAYSIA
Helping the Kensiu tribe fight problems of drugs and alcohol: ... On the drug problems here, Dr Omar said sniffing glue was the main problem. “Glue sniffing is on the rise for the simple reason that it is cheap for them to obtain."
PHILIPPINES
Inhalant addiction: It is good that vaping – its potential addictive properties and adverse health consequences – has finally caught government attention and it is bent to banning it. So while at this, let us take this opportunity to remind the government as well that it has unwittingly forgotten another form of addiction happening openly and everywhere, and primarily victimizes children and teens.
TAIWAN
Government urged to speed up regulations on laughing gas after recent death caused by recreational use: The Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs was urged to speed up tightening regulations on the sale of nitrous oxide today, after a recent fatality related to its use as a recreational drug brought the issue to public attention.
AUSTRALIA
Chroming: Demand retailers treat aerosol cans like cigarettes to cut teenage drug abuse on Gold Coast: A GoldCoast City councillor wants retail giants such as Coles and Woolworths to treat aerosol cans like cigarettes ...
Sale of nitrous oxide must be banned or regulated in South Australia, says former Australian Defence Minister, Christopher Pyne.
YPA tackles Mount Isa's chroming concerns head on: Addressing Mount Isa's problem of Volatile Substance Misuse is a complex issue, especially since the loss of the VSM government funding service in 2015.
Rust-Oleum tries competing with Juul by introducing flavored spray paint: FDA now tasked with tackling teen paint huffing epidemic.
Tens of thousands of teenagers descend on the Gold Coast as charity warns revellers to steer clear of deadly drug they can buy for $1 a hit after student died in a balcony plunge: However, concerns have been raised after canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as 'nangs', were being sold in the area in packs of 10 for $10.
Leavers’ arrival sparks gas fears (WA): Dunsborough retailers have been asked not to stock nitrous oxide canisters this week in an attempt to stop school leavers inhaling the gas.
Substance misuse treatment for young people: statistics 2018 to 2019 reports that 380 young people are currently in treatment services for VSA. They are aged between 13-17 with a median age of 15. The figure in 2017-18 was 387, again with a median age of 15.
Other headlines from around the world this month include:
UK
Dad couldn't get defibrillator in bid to save son's life - due to no phone signal: [He] jumped in his car, in Hockwold, and dashed to the village hall to find a defibrillator to use on his son, 13-year-old Jack, who had been found unresponsive in his room.
Trial of mum accused of supplying drugs to teen son before he died is postponed: ... They are also accused of sniffing aerosols together in February - before Tyler was found dead hours later.
Surrey PCC calls on Home Office action on Nitrous Oxide: PCC David Munro says the drug is too easy for young people to get hold of and is now an anti-social behaviour issue in Surrey.
Amazon and eBay 'must block illicit nitrous oxide sales': A trading standards expert has warned online stores need to "take responsibility" to prevent the illicit sale of nitrous oxide. The gas - dubbed "laughing gas" or "nos" - is being sold with equipment needed to take it as a high on sites like Amazon and eBay, BBC Wales found.
Partnership helps shape good citizens of the future: Northants County Council delivered a workshop about online safety, the Solve-It solvent abuse charity explored the use of drugs and peer pressure, while Northants Fire and Rescue Service led a session on hazard awareness and what to do in the event of a fire.
Strood warehouse rave 'with over 1,000 people' dispersed: A 39-year-old man ... was held on suspicion of conspiring to commit a public order offence and supplying a psychoactive substance (nitrous oxide), a police spokesman said.
Hundreds of silver cannisters found in Chorleywood: The cannisters were collected in Chorleywood - and now Three Rivers District Council is urging parents to check if their children are carrying canisters of Nitrous Oxide.
Elton John fed Rod Stewart poppers to make him dance during wild nights out: Elton John has revealed he used to entice Rod Stewart to the dance floor with bottles of poppers during their wild nights out.
(BBC Video) 'Nos': What is nitrous oxide or laughing gas?
NETHERLANDS
Arnhem introduces blanket ban on sale laughing gas: Arnhem is the first city in the Netherlands to have completely banned the recreational sale of laughing gas, broadcaster NOS reports.
USA
Evidence of huffing found in homeless man's demise (IL): A homeless man found dead a week ago had apparently been huffing, according to Springfield police reports.
Teen collapsed and died after inhaling nitrous oxide at house near Penn State campus, coroner says (PA): The death of a teen at an off-campus house at Penn State University has been ruled as accidental, according to the coroner.
Doctors warn of the dangers of ingesting nitrous oxide in light of OU student death (OH): The coroner said that student died after ingesting nitrous oxide, also known as “whippet.”
Hundreds gather on anniversary of Girl Scout tragedy in Chippewa Falls (WI): [A 22-year-old] is charged with four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and other charges. The criminal complaint alleges he was huffing from an aerosol canister before he crashed his pickup truck into the group of Girl Scouts.
Wausau man charged with homicide in fatal crash (WI): A man is facing homicide charges in a fatal crash in Wausau that investigators say was caused by huffing.
Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for killing a pedestrian (VT): Police said the 31-year-old had been high after “huffing a can of compressed air” at the time when he swerved his Jeep across three lanes of traffic onto a sidewalk, hitting Harris, who later died from his injuries.
Car hits retaining wall, driver arrested (IN): Officers who investigated allege the driver had been operating the 1987 Cadillac while inhaling toxic vapors.
Woman lights car on fire at Liberty Walmart because it was, 'dirty' (OH): [Her] husband told police that she had allegedly been caught huffing paint thinner and mothballs recently.
3 people arrested after LSD, MDMA and mushrooms were found inside car in Wickliffe (PA): After searching the vehicle, police found more than two ounces of suspected "Molly" or MDMA, 74 doses of suspected LSD, mushrooms and a 25-pound tank of suspected nitrous oxide.
Man arrested in Crossville after allegedly huffing paint at Walmart (TN): Crossville police responded Tuesday to Walmart to a male subject that had been in the store for a few hours opening packages and closing them.
Man cited on inhalants charge: A Roseburg man was cited for unlawful possession of inhalants on Monday night.
CANADA
Sheshatshiu 'needs a miracle,' says physician who worked to help Labrador children: Rosales, a pediatrician who has specialized in treating children harmed by prenatal exposure to alcohol, worked with dozens of young Innu who were sent to the Grace Hospital in St. John's in 2001 for treatment of solvent abuse.
HUFF: Huff is the wrenching, yet darkly comic tale of Indigenous brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse and struggling to cope with the death of their mother.
KENYA
Why there are so many street kids: ... It also emerged that some pharmacies in Meru county sell antidepressant pills to street children. Their argument is that they are better than sniffing glue and their effects last longer and do not cause stigma.
CHINA
Two men sentenced for selling laughing gas: Two men who earned more than 23 million yuan from illegally selling laughing gas online have been sentenced to multiple years in jail, prosecutors in Qingpu District said on Tuesday.
INDIA
Psychiatrists say children in classes III and IV getting addicted to inhalants (Coimbatore):While some are addicted to inhalants—like nail polish removers and whiteners, others are addicted to mobile phone games.
Glue-Sniffing To Get High On Rise Among Teens In Rourkela: Frequent use of adhesives by teenagers to get intoxicating effect has raised major concern for the local administration in Rourkela. Due to cheap rates and easy availability in the market, many young boys especially street children are reportedly opting for it.
BANGLADESH
All for a quick high: Children sitting on a road divider and sniffing glue together after dark should not bea common scene, yet in this day that is the case.
Saving the deviant teenagers: ... Despite being dismissed as a mere public nuisance by ordinary people, it's a scene not encountered in Dhaka before. It comprises children, led by an older youth, who get hooked on glue-sniffing.
MALAYSIA
Helping the Kensiu tribe fight problems of drugs and alcohol: ... On the drug problems here, Dr Omar said sniffing glue was the main problem. “Glue sniffing is on the rise for the simple reason that it is cheap for them to obtain."
PHILIPPINES
Inhalant addiction: It is good that vaping – its potential addictive properties and adverse health consequences – has finally caught government attention and it is bent to banning it. So while at this, let us take this opportunity to remind the government as well that it has unwittingly forgotten another form of addiction happening openly and everywhere, and primarily victimizes children and teens.
TAIWAN
Government urged to speed up regulations on laughing gas after recent death caused by recreational use: The Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs was urged to speed up tightening regulations on the sale of nitrous oxide today, after a recent fatality related to its use as a recreational drug brought the issue to public attention.
AUSTRALIA
Chroming: Demand retailers treat aerosol cans like cigarettes to cut teenage drug abuse on Gold Coast: A GoldCoast City councillor wants retail giants such as Coles and Woolworths to treat aerosol cans like cigarettes ...
Sale of nitrous oxide must be banned or regulated in South Australia, says former Australian Defence Minister, Christopher Pyne.
YPA tackles Mount Isa's chroming concerns head on: Addressing Mount Isa's problem of Volatile Substance Misuse is a complex issue, especially since the loss of the VSM government funding service in 2015.
Rust-Oleum tries competing with Juul by introducing flavored spray paint: FDA now tasked with tackling teen paint huffing epidemic.
Tens of thousands of teenagers descend on the Gold Coast as charity warns revellers to steer clear of deadly drug they can buy for $1 a hit after student died in a balcony plunge: However, concerns have been raised after canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as 'nangs', were being sold in the area in packs of 10 for $10.
Leavers’ arrival sparks gas fears (WA): Dunsborough retailers have been asked not to stock nitrous oxide canisters this week in an attempt to stop school leavers inhaling the gas.
Monday, October 28, 2019
VSA Headlines - October 2019
UK
'Experimental' 13-year-old boy died after inhaling aerosol which he claimed smelt like his mother: [He] had been warned about aerosol misuse by his mother, after she noticed that deodorant tins were going missing around the house.
Grandfather found dead near Sainsbury's, Maidstone 'wasn't himself' after prison release: An inquest today heard [he] had been released from HMP Elmley a month before his death and had been referred to the Change Grow Live rehabilitation charity to address his addiction to lighter gas butane.
Police warning about butane gas after Dorset man is jailed for murdering his father while under the influence: Police have called on people who abuse butane to seek help following the murder of a pensioner in Dorset by his son, who was under the influence of butane gas at the time.
Butane gas addict who attacked vulnerable man is banned from Accrington: [She] also 'tried to bite people' at Preston Bus Station and spat in the direction of a police officer
Women addicted to inhaling gas attacked police during ‘Farmer’s Bash’ concert: A woman addicted to inhaling gas has been given a suspended jail term for attacking police dealing with a disturbance during the ‘Farmer’s Bash’ outdoor concert in Portrush.
Man jailed for attack on girlfriend in Lymington: [His barrister] said [he] also had a history of alcohol and substance misuse, beginning aged 10 with solvent abuse and later hard drugs.
3 people run off after crash in Scraptoft damages cars, walls and telegraph pole: Residents said they saw nitrous oxide canisters in both of the crashed cars, which have been removed from the scene.
Oswestry hospital raiders steal laughing gas: Thieves have made off with bottles of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas, after targeting Oswestry's orthopaedic hospital.
London Marathon: Police to target hippy crack yobs after mounted Pc crushed: Police are to launch a crackdown on drug and alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour along the London Marathon route after serious disorder during this year’s race saw a mounted officer crushed beneath his horse.
Warnings over 'dangerous and addictive' craze of laughing gas: Small silver canisters littered on streets, near parks and across communities have become a common sight in Wales.
Witnesses claim ‘hundreds’ of children were taking nitrous oxide: Stunned residents have spoken of their shock after watching “hundreds” of school children getting high on gas at a fun fair.
Warning issued over dangerous laughing gas canisters found in Notts parks: Council officers have launched a campaign after thousands of canisters of nitrous oxide – known as ‘laughing gas’ - have been found littered across public parks.
Warning issued over dangerous laughing gas canisters found in parks used by families: It can also lead to hallucinations and breathing difficulties in some people, while for others it can bring on a sudden and immediate headache
BBC Satirizing Science - The Art of Innovation: Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on weird goings-on at The Royal Institution with hallucinatory gas and the impact of Gillray's Scientific Researches in a new age of chemistry.
IRELAND
Boy who inhales solvents almost daily 'in danger of cardiac arrest': The Child and Family Agency have secured an emergency High Court order allowing it to place a 13-year-old boy, whose life is at risk from inhaling solvents, in secure care.
USA
Montgomery man gets 20 years for killing ALDOT worker while high on aerosol propellant (AL): A man who killed an Alabama Department of Transportation employee in a 2017 wreck was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to assault and reckless manslaughter.
Mom of alleged hazing victim applauds Ohio University's decision to suspend frats: [Her son], a freshman at the college, died by asphyxiation from ingesting nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. His family believes it was part of a forced hazing ritual.
Morristown Man Arrested For Huffing 4 Times In 3 Weeks (NJ): Police arrested the same man four times on three different days for allegedly "huffing" from an aerosol can, police said.
What Is Aaron Carter Doing Now? ... Carter admitted that his sister Leslie had got him hooked on huffing before her tragic death and that it’s something he did for years thereafter. It got so bad that he said he now has to take fish oil and gabapentin “to repair the serotonin receptors in [his] brain.”
PHILIPPINES
Cebu City mayor praises police for rescue of rugby kids: Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella (right) praises city police chief, Col. Gemma Vinluan, for her efforts in clearing the uptown area of rugby-sniffing children.
24 street children complete PDEA’s Solvent Reformation Program: Twenty-four street children completed a reformation process under Project Sagip Batang Solvent (PSBS) program of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
AUSTRALIA
Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles calls for immediate action on chroming: As the trend of inhalant abuse continues to grow throughout the state, the Queensland Health Minister has called on the Chief Health Officer to convene a roundtable of industry retailers, community-based services and clinicians to discuss the ongoing issue.
Minister says chroming roundtable needed despite no rise in numbers: Queensland’s health minister insists there is a need for a roundtable to deal with the issue of chroming, despite no major uptick in the number of reported cases.
Company behind Rexona to hold crisis meeting about chroming: Businesses across the North are going to extreme lengths to crack down on deodorant thefts.
10-year-olds among the 100 Queenslanders a year hospitalised for chroming: Manufacturers and retailers of deodorant and paint are being asked to take drastic action top stop chroming as new data revealed 100 Queenslanders a year – some as young as 10 – are being admitted to hospital.
Authorities Scramble To Stop Teens Inhaling Chemicals In Deadly 'Chroming' Fad: Consumer goods giant Unilever says it's on board with steps from the Queensland government to prevent children and teens from 'chroming'.
Mount Isa singled out for chroming concerns: The company in control of deodorant brand Rexona will soon hold a crisis meeting to address the soaring rates of chroming.
Deadly 'chroming' epidemic is sending hundreds of children to hospital as they become addicted to inhaling deodorant and paint: Almost one hundred Queensland children, many of them aged below 15, were admitted to hospital as a result of 'huffing' aerosols in the past year according to Health Minister Steven Miles.
'Experimental' 13-year-old boy died after inhaling aerosol which he claimed smelt like his mother: [He] had been warned about aerosol misuse by his mother, after she noticed that deodorant tins were going missing around the house.
Grandfather found dead near Sainsbury's, Maidstone 'wasn't himself' after prison release: An inquest today heard [he] had been released from HMP Elmley a month before his death and had been referred to the Change Grow Live rehabilitation charity to address his addiction to lighter gas butane.
Police warning about butane gas after Dorset man is jailed for murdering his father while under the influence: Police have called on people who abuse butane to seek help following the murder of a pensioner in Dorset by his son, who was under the influence of butane gas at the time.
Butane gas addict who attacked vulnerable man is banned from Accrington: [She] also 'tried to bite people' at Preston Bus Station and spat in the direction of a police officer
Women addicted to inhaling gas attacked police during ‘Farmer’s Bash’ concert: A woman addicted to inhaling gas has been given a suspended jail term for attacking police dealing with a disturbance during the ‘Farmer’s Bash’ outdoor concert in Portrush.
Man jailed for attack on girlfriend in Lymington: [His barrister] said [he] also had a history of alcohol and substance misuse, beginning aged 10 with solvent abuse and later hard drugs.
3 people run off after crash in Scraptoft damages cars, walls and telegraph pole: Residents said they saw nitrous oxide canisters in both of the crashed cars, which have been removed from the scene.
Oswestry hospital raiders steal laughing gas: Thieves have made off with bottles of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas, after targeting Oswestry's orthopaedic hospital.
London Marathon: Police to target hippy crack yobs after mounted Pc crushed: Police are to launch a crackdown on drug and alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour along the London Marathon route after serious disorder during this year’s race saw a mounted officer crushed beneath his horse.
Warnings over 'dangerous and addictive' craze of laughing gas: Small silver canisters littered on streets, near parks and across communities have become a common sight in Wales.
Witnesses claim ‘hundreds’ of children were taking nitrous oxide: Stunned residents have spoken of their shock after watching “hundreds” of school children getting high on gas at a fun fair.
Warning issued over dangerous laughing gas canisters found in Notts parks: Council officers have launched a campaign after thousands of canisters of nitrous oxide – known as ‘laughing gas’ - have been found littered across public parks.
Warning issued over dangerous laughing gas canisters found in parks used by families: It can also lead to hallucinations and breathing difficulties in some people, while for others it can bring on a sudden and immediate headache
BBC Satirizing Science - The Art of Innovation: Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on weird goings-on at The Royal Institution with hallucinatory gas and the impact of Gillray's Scientific Researches in a new age of chemistry.
IRELAND
Boy who inhales solvents almost daily 'in danger of cardiac arrest': The Child and Family Agency have secured an emergency High Court order allowing it to place a 13-year-old boy, whose life is at risk from inhaling solvents, in secure care.
USA
Montgomery man gets 20 years for killing ALDOT worker while high on aerosol propellant (AL): A man who killed an Alabama Department of Transportation employee in a 2017 wreck was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to assault and reckless manslaughter.
Mom of alleged hazing victim applauds Ohio University's decision to suspend frats: [Her son], a freshman at the college, died by asphyxiation from ingesting nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. His family believes it was part of a forced hazing ritual.
Morristown Man Arrested For Huffing 4 Times In 3 Weeks (NJ): Police arrested the same man four times on three different days for allegedly "huffing" from an aerosol can, police said.
What Is Aaron Carter Doing Now? ... Carter admitted that his sister Leslie had got him hooked on huffing before her tragic death and that it’s something he did for years thereafter. It got so bad that he said he now has to take fish oil and gabapentin “to repair the serotonin receptors in [his] brain.”
PHILIPPINES
Cebu City mayor praises police for rescue of rugby kids: Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella (right) praises city police chief, Col. Gemma Vinluan, for her efforts in clearing the uptown area of rugby-sniffing children.
24 street children complete PDEA’s Solvent Reformation Program: Twenty-four street children completed a reformation process under Project Sagip Batang Solvent (PSBS) program of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
AUSTRALIA
Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles calls for immediate action on chroming: As the trend of inhalant abuse continues to grow throughout the state, the Queensland Health Minister has called on the Chief Health Officer to convene a roundtable of industry retailers, community-based services and clinicians to discuss the ongoing issue.
Minister says chroming roundtable needed despite no rise in numbers: Queensland’s health minister insists there is a need for a roundtable to deal with the issue of chroming, despite no major uptick in the number of reported cases.
Company behind Rexona to hold crisis meeting about chroming: Businesses across the North are going to extreme lengths to crack down on deodorant thefts.
10-year-olds among the 100 Queenslanders a year hospitalised for chroming: Manufacturers and retailers of deodorant and paint are being asked to take drastic action top stop chroming as new data revealed 100 Queenslanders a year – some as young as 10 – are being admitted to hospital.
Authorities Scramble To Stop Teens Inhaling Chemicals In Deadly 'Chroming' Fad: Consumer goods giant Unilever says it's on board with steps from the Queensland government to prevent children and teens from 'chroming'.
Mount Isa singled out for chroming concerns: The company in control of deodorant brand Rexona will soon hold a crisis meeting to address the soaring rates of chroming.
Deadly 'chroming' epidemic is sending hundreds of children to hospital as they become addicted to inhaling deodorant and paint: Almost one hundred Queensland children, many of them aged below 15, were admitted to hospital as a result of 'huffing' aerosols in the past year according to Health Minister Steven Miles.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
VSA Headlines - September 2019
UK
'Please leave us alone, we've got a baby': Family fled as teen torched garage in middle of night. [He] took alcohol, cocaine and nitrous oxide and started a fire which caused a pregnant mum and her family to flee in panic.
Hawick shoplifter blames breach of unpaid work order on drug problems: [He] was ordered last August to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work after admitting stealing four butane gas canisters from Borders Leisure in Hawick High Street.
Brixton’s Quick Stop Food & Wine closed down after 18,000 nitrous oxide canisters found in basement: The Met Police have shut down Quick Stop Food & Wine in Acre Lane, Brixton after a huge stash of 18,000 nitrous oxide canisters (‘laughing gas’) were found in the shop’s basement.
Shop licence in doubt after raid finds canisters of ‘hippy crack’ in newsagent: The newsagent is one of several in the borough to face raids and the loss if its licence since Tower Hamlets council launched its No Laughing Matter campaign two years ago.
Mark Leckey: O’ Magic Power of Bleakness review: ... Watched together across the whole of the show’s 55-minute durational loop, the three pieces overlap in new ways. The mischievous spirits and parallel worlds seen by the brake fluid-sniffing teens in ‘Under Under In’ seem to reappear in ‘Fiorucci’, where dancing, drugs and music transforms people into mortal changelings.
The London exhibition showcasing artwork made in UK prisons: ... A range of materials are used in the exhibition, which Kinch reflects “says a lot about resourcefulness and resilience”. Bars of soap, matchsticks, nitrous oxide canisters, nuts and bolts, buttons, milk cartons, newspaper, feathers and even a board game were all turned into art and displayed in the main exhibition space at the Royal Festival Hall.
Going to pot: British university campuses face a drugs epidemic: About 2,800 students were surveyed and the substances most generally taken were cannabis, ecstasy, nitrous oxide and cocaine.
Dundee pub owners on alert after ‘hippy crack’ found near to premises: A Dundee business said it will be “remaining vigilant” after the discovery of empty nitrous oxide cylinders near its premises.
‘Laughing gas’ canisters are left dumped on grass: Hundreds of canisters containing what is believed to be ‘laughing gas’ were found strewn across grass.
Hundreds of laughing gas canisters dumped in Ellesmere Port car park as council admits problem: The streets of Cheshire are being littered with the canisters
How Bolton leaders are cracking down on laughing gas epidemic: The Town Hall will lobby for 'laughing gas' to be included in public awareness campaigns, following a reported rise in the use of the legal high in Bolton.
Huge haul of 'hippy crack' canisters found strewn across Derby park: In total, 135 of the canisters were recovered from King George V Park, off Carlisle Avenue in Littleover.
Large quantity of laughing gas capsules found outside Gloucester school: Incorrect use of the laughing gas capsules have been linked to deaths in the past.
Shocking scene as Nitrous Oxide cannisters litter car park after teens suspected of binging on 'laughing gas': Roughly 40 to 50 canisters of laughing gas were scattered across Waltham Park Bowls Club’s car park.
Large quantities of 'laughing gas' seized at music festival: A large number of illegal substances were seized at a music festival in North Yorkshire during the weekend.
IRELAND
Giving back: Meet the 91-year-old who continues to help others: ... At the time, the late ’70s, there was a lot of solvent abuse in Dun Laoghaire, and Rosie used to go around the country giving talks about it. She also went to England, where she worked with agony aunt Marjorie Proops to open an addiction unit for solvent abusers.
BELGIUM
Flemish city looks to ban sales of laughing gas canisters in night shops: A Flemish city will seek to ban the sale of laughing gas canisters in night shops in an attempt to curb the “improper use” of the gas, whose popularity as a recreational drug has surged in recent months.
NETHERLANDS
No joke: Amsterdam bans laughing gas sellers from the city’s streets: And a ban on the sale of laughing gas will also be included in licences for festivals in the city, Halsema said. ‘Using balloons has already been banned at festivals for sustainability reasons and the campaign to reduce single-use plastic,’ the mayor said in her briefing.
RUSSIA
Russian social activists seek to guard children from sniffing by ban on lighters: Experts of Russia’s Civic Chamber believe that the fight against a new form of substance abuse (sniffing) developing in the country should include a ban on respective advertising, as well as restrictions of sales of lighters and natural gas containers.
USA
Man gets 25 years for hitting, killing man in work zone (MT): A Montana man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a state highway worker while driving through a construction zone after huffing compressed air.
Breaking Down Every Drug I Ever Did - Steve-O: It's fairly common knowledge that I did a lot of drugs, but nothing can prepare you for how messed up the truth of my drug history truly is. Strap on your seatbelts, because this is seriously messed up... [Nitrous oxide discussed at 9:39]
Demi Moore reveals near-death experience from combining drugs: Moore was partying ... when she “did what other people were doing: sucked in a hit of nitrous oxide, and when the joint reached [her] … took a puff of synthetic pot (it was called Diablo, fittingly),” she writes in her book, “Inside Out.”
Aaron Carter Cancels Tour to Get "Some Peace" After Sharing Mental Health Diagnosis: "I was huffing because I was really f--king stupid," he said. "I was huffing because I'm a drug addict. I'm a drug addict. I am a drug addict in recovery."
What we know so far about the US vaping illness outbreak: U.S. health officials are investigating what might be causing hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who use e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. They have identified about 450 possible cases in 33 states, including six deaths.
Company reminding citizens of "huffing" dangers: CEO John Scherer says canned air dusters need to be better controlled.
PHILIPPINES
Manila Mayor Isko to ban sale of addictive solvents: Manila Mayor Isko Moreno said he will soon ban the sale of addictive solvents in the nation’s capital to help address the addiction of minors who sniff toluene-laden contact cement as a cheap alternative to get high and alleviate their hunger.
De Lima wants Senate probe into alarming rise in number of street children: ... “A recent operation of the City of Manila to implement a curfew policy among minors revealed that many street children were doing solvent abuse. This shows one of the prevailing problems of street children and lack of effectivity of the government’s intervention,” De Lima said.
VIETNAM
Hundreds found using drugs in bar, karaoke parlor raids: ... Local authorities also confiscated bags of drugs that were being used, apart from four cylinders of nitrous oxide (N2O) and balloons containing laughing gas.
INDIA
Drug addiction among youth on the rise: Besides easy access to liquor, ganja (marijuana), some over the counter (OTC) drugs which are easily available at medical halls are increasing the incidence of solvent abuse among adolescent boys and teenagers to new high in areas of Hassan Nagar, Indra Nagar and Sulaiman Nagar under Rajendranagar constituency.
KENYA
Nairobi’s former street children take advantage of ‘misery tourism’ boom to share moving life stories: Many of the boys carry plastic bottles as they work, occasionally lifting them to their faces and inhaling deeply. “Sniffing glue helps to hide the smell of the sewage,” Kissmart, 26, tells me with a shrug. “It also takes their minds off hunger pains and what they have to do to stay alive.”
AUSTRALIA
Chroming killed Rosie's cousin. Now she's speaking out about her addiction in the hope of deterring others: At 12 years of age, Rosie* started inhaling volatile substances with her friends in public locations around Brisbane.
Chroming resurgence hits Queensland: So what is it and why do kids do it? The practice has caused a spate of deaths across the country and a rise in Queensland cases prompted a two-week long community awareness project from the Queensland Police Service.
Rexona maker Unilever acknowledges five deaths linked to misuse of product: The makers of Rexona, the deodorant identified by retailers and police as the product most abused by Queensland children, says it is aware five deaths across two states have been linked to the misuse of its products.
Deb Frecklington says deaths linked to Rexona 'simply tragic', calls for chroming strategy: Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has weighed in on the chroming crisis, calling on the State Government to develop a specific strategy to combat the use of volatile substances as inhalants, commonly known as chroming.
Chroming will 'dissolve the brain like melting plastic', experts warn amid resurgence: Health professionals are warning of the irreversible impacts volatile substances have on the human body after witnessing a rise in the number of cases of "young kids" inhaling the substances — a practice commonly known as chroming.
NEW ZEALAND
Filthy, unclad kids on the street as glue-sniffing carer wanders off: A woman in charge of six children aged under 10 got so wasted on sniffing glue, that she couldn't feed or care for them, and then just walked out of the house.
'Please leave us alone, we've got a baby': Family fled as teen torched garage in middle of night. [He] took alcohol, cocaine and nitrous oxide and started a fire which caused a pregnant mum and her family to flee in panic.
Hawick shoplifter blames breach of unpaid work order on drug problems: [He] was ordered last August to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work after admitting stealing four butane gas canisters from Borders Leisure in Hawick High Street.
Brixton’s Quick Stop Food & Wine closed down after 18,000 nitrous oxide canisters found in basement: The Met Police have shut down Quick Stop Food & Wine in Acre Lane, Brixton after a huge stash of 18,000 nitrous oxide canisters (‘laughing gas’) were found in the shop’s basement.
Shop licence in doubt after raid finds canisters of ‘hippy crack’ in newsagent: The newsagent is one of several in the borough to face raids and the loss if its licence since Tower Hamlets council launched its No Laughing Matter campaign two years ago.
Mark Leckey: O’ Magic Power of Bleakness review: ... Watched together across the whole of the show’s 55-minute durational loop, the three pieces overlap in new ways. The mischievous spirits and parallel worlds seen by the brake fluid-sniffing teens in ‘Under Under In’ seem to reappear in ‘Fiorucci’, where dancing, drugs and music transforms people into mortal changelings.
The London exhibition showcasing artwork made in UK prisons: ... A range of materials are used in the exhibition, which Kinch reflects “says a lot about resourcefulness and resilience”. Bars of soap, matchsticks, nitrous oxide canisters, nuts and bolts, buttons, milk cartons, newspaper, feathers and even a board game were all turned into art and displayed in the main exhibition space at the Royal Festival Hall.
Going to pot: British university campuses face a drugs epidemic: About 2,800 students were surveyed and the substances most generally taken were cannabis, ecstasy, nitrous oxide and cocaine.
Dundee pub owners on alert after ‘hippy crack’ found near to premises: A Dundee business said it will be “remaining vigilant” after the discovery of empty nitrous oxide cylinders near its premises.
‘Laughing gas’ canisters are left dumped on grass: Hundreds of canisters containing what is believed to be ‘laughing gas’ were found strewn across grass.
Hundreds of laughing gas canisters dumped in Ellesmere Port car park as council admits problem: The streets of Cheshire are being littered with the canisters
How Bolton leaders are cracking down on laughing gas epidemic: The Town Hall will lobby for 'laughing gas' to be included in public awareness campaigns, following a reported rise in the use of the legal high in Bolton.
Huge haul of 'hippy crack' canisters found strewn across Derby park: In total, 135 of the canisters were recovered from King George V Park, off Carlisle Avenue in Littleover.
Large quantity of laughing gas capsules found outside Gloucester school: Incorrect use of the laughing gas capsules have been linked to deaths in the past.
Shocking scene as Nitrous Oxide cannisters litter car park after teens suspected of binging on 'laughing gas': Roughly 40 to 50 canisters of laughing gas were scattered across Waltham Park Bowls Club’s car park.
Large quantities of 'laughing gas' seized at music festival: A large number of illegal substances were seized at a music festival in North Yorkshire during the weekend.
IRELAND
Giving back: Meet the 91-year-old who continues to help others: ... At the time, the late ’70s, there was a lot of solvent abuse in Dun Laoghaire, and Rosie used to go around the country giving talks about it. She also went to England, where she worked with agony aunt Marjorie Proops to open an addiction unit for solvent abusers.
BELGIUM
Flemish city looks to ban sales of laughing gas canisters in night shops: A Flemish city will seek to ban the sale of laughing gas canisters in night shops in an attempt to curb the “improper use” of the gas, whose popularity as a recreational drug has surged in recent months.
NETHERLANDS
No joke: Amsterdam bans laughing gas sellers from the city’s streets: And a ban on the sale of laughing gas will also be included in licences for festivals in the city, Halsema said. ‘Using balloons has already been banned at festivals for sustainability reasons and the campaign to reduce single-use plastic,’ the mayor said in her briefing.
RUSSIA
Russian social activists seek to guard children from sniffing by ban on lighters: Experts of Russia’s Civic Chamber believe that the fight against a new form of substance abuse (sniffing) developing in the country should include a ban on respective advertising, as well as restrictions of sales of lighters and natural gas containers.
USA
Man gets 25 years for hitting, killing man in work zone (MT): A Montana man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a state highway worker while driving through a construction zone after huffing compressed air.
Breaking Down Every Drug I Ever Did - Steve-O: It's fairly common knowledge that I did a lot of drugs, but nothing can prepare you for how messed up the truth of my drug history truly is. Strap on your seatbelts, because this is seriously messed up... [Nitrous oxide discussed at 9:39]
Demi Moore reveals near-death experience from combining drugs: Moore was partying ... when she “did what other people were doing: sucked in a hit of nitrous oxide, and when the joint reached [her] … took a puff of synthetic pot (it was called Diablo, fittingly),” she writes in her book, “Inside Out.”
Aaron Carter Cancels Tour to Get "Some Peace" After Sharing Mental Health Diagnosis: "I was huffing because I was really f--king stupid," he said. "I was huffing because I'm a drug addict. I'm a drug addict. I am a drug addict in recovery."
What we know so far about the US vaping illness outbreak: U.S. health officials are investigating what might be causing hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who use e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. They have identified about 450 possible cases in 33 states, including six deaths.
Company reminding citizens of "huffing" dangers: CEO John Scherer says canned air dusters need to be better controlled.
Accused laughing gas huffer pleads guilty (MN): [He] was accused of entering the business at night in order to huff laughing gas.
CANADA
Tootoo gives back during SAAFE Walk: The 21st annual walk raises awareness of solvent abuse, and featured a guest appearance from former NHLer Jordin Tootoo.
CANADA
Tootoo gives back during SAAFE Walk: The 21st annual walk raises awareness of solvent abuse, and featured a guest appearance from former NHLer Jordin Tootoo.
PHILIPPINES
Manila Mayor Isko to ban sale of addictive solvents: Manila Mayor Isko Moreno said he will soon ban the sale of addictive solvents in the nation’s capital to help address the addiction of minors who sniff toluene-laden contact cement as a cheap alternative to get high and alleviate their hunger.
De Lima wants Senate probe into alarming rise in number of street children: ... “A recent operation of the City of Manila to implement a curfew policy among minors revealed that many street children were doing solvent abuse. This shows one of the prevailing problems of street children and lack of effectivity of the government’s intervention,” De Lima said.
VIETNAM
Hundreds found using drugs in bar, karaoke parlor raids: ... Local authorities also confiscated bags of drugs that were being used, apart from four cylinders of nitrous oxide (N2O) and balloons containing laughing gas.
INDIA
Drug addiction among youth on the rise: Besides easy access to liquor, ganja (marijuana), some over the counter (OTC) drugs which are easily available at medical halls are increasing the incidence of solvent abuse among adolescent boys and teenagers to new high in areas of Hassan Nagar, Indra Nagar and Sulaiman Nagar under Rajendranagar constituency.
KENYA
Nairobi’s former street children take advantage of ‘misery tourism’ boom to share moving life stories: Many of the boys carry plastic bottles as they work, occasionally lifting them to their faces and inhaling deeply. “Sniffing glue helps to hide the smell of the sewage,” Kissmart, 26, tells me with a shrug. “It also takes their minds off hunger pains and what they have to do to stay alive.”
AUSTRALIA
Chroming killed Rosie's cousin. Now she's speaking out about her addiction in the hope of deterring others: At 12 years of age, Rosie* started inhaling volatile substances with her friends in public locations around Brisbane.
Chroming resurgence hits Queensland: So what is it and why do kids do it? The practice has caused a spate of deaths across the country and a rise in Queensland cases prompted a two-week long community awareness project from the Queensland Police Service.
Rexona maker Unilever acknowledges five deaths linked to misuse of product: The makers of Rexona, the deodorant identified by retailers and police as the product most abused by Queensland children, says it is aware five deaths across two states have been linked to the misuse of its products.
Deb Frecklington says deaths linked to Rexona 'simply tragic', calls for chroming strategy: Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has weighed in on the chroming crisis, calling on the State Government to develop a specific strategy to combat the use of volatile substances as inhalants, commonly known as chroming.
Chroming will 'dissolve the brain like melting plastic', experts warn amid resurgence: Health professionals are warning of the irreversible impacts volatile substances have on the human body after witnessing a rise in the number of cases of "young kids" inhaling the substances — a practice commonly known as chroming.
NEW ZEALAND
Filthy, unclad kids on the street as glue-sniffing carer wanders off: A woman in charge of six children aged under 10 got so wasted on sniffing glue, that she couldn't feed or care for them, and then just walked out of the house.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
VSA Headlines - August 2019
NHS Digital have published the latest Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England report for 2018.
The percentage of pupils who reported having used volatile substances in the past year rose in 2016 to 4.4% from 2.9% in 2014. This rise was concerning and the 2018 figures show only a small reduction to 4.2% (4% among boys and 4.4% among girls). 9% of pupils report that they have ever used glue, gas, aerosols or solvents.
Glue, gas, aerosols or solvents continue to be the most commonly used substances among children under the age of 14 and pupils’ early experience of drug use was most likely to involve cannabis (42%) or volatile substances (40%). "Pupils who tried drugs at an earlier age were more likely to report using volatile substances at that age, whilst pupils who first took drugs at an older age were more likely to report taking cannabis."
Reported use of poppers in the past year has remained at 0.6% and use of nitrous oxide has risen slightly from 4% to 4.1%.
"Pupils taking cannabis, volatile substances or Class A drugs all most commonly gave the reason ‘to see what it was like’. The reason ‘to get high or feel good’ was also commonly given by pupils who took cannabis and Class A drugs, but not commonly for those who used volatile substances."
Read the full report here.
Other headlines from the UK and around the world include:-
This Is What Your Laughing Gas Habit Is Doing To The Environment: Birds are getting sick from swallowing balloons and beaches are littered with canisters.
UK
Mum died after self-medicating with 100 canisters of laughing gas: A housebound woman who used laughing gas to help her cope with chronic pain died after inhaling too much, an inquest heard.
Man suffered brain injury from sniffing glue, court told: A Belfast man arrested while high on drugs in the city centre had suffered a brain injury from sniffing glue as a teenager, a court has heard.
Caerphilly shop prosecuted for selling “laughing gas” nitrous oxide: A Caerphilly shop and its owner have been prosecuted for selling the illegal psychoactive substance nitrous oxide – otherwise known as “laughing gas”.
Brighton Pride clean up highlights continued use of nitrous oxide: More than 150 bags of rubbish containing nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas” as it is widely known, canisters and balloons have been picked up off Brighton Beach following a major Pride event at the weekend.
Petition launched over Laughing Gas abuse: Local councillors have launched a petition over the growing abuse of Laughing Gas.
Police appeal for information after child hit with nitrous oxide canister: Police forces in Merseyside and Hampshire are looking for this man in connection with an incident at the Southampton v Liverpool football fixture at St Mary’s on Saturday 17 August.
Brit's £1k Thomas Cook holiday 'ruined by half naked teens taking hippy crack': Thomas Cook customer claims young guests at the hotel in Zante, Greece left nitrous oxide cannisters on the floor and partied into the night.
Border Force ordered to return 270,000 seized laughing gas capsules: The Border Force has been told to return 270,000 nitrous oxide capsules it seized at Southampton docks more than a year ago.
Young people in Grimsby 'dicing with death' by mixing laughing gas with amphetamine: A call has been made for nitrous oxide canisters to be licenced and police have warned of using the substance dangerously.
'I know someone who used them... he was left with scarring on the lungs' - Mum's shock at finding 'hippy crack' canisters on Stoke-on-Trent street: Police say they are trying to educate youngsters over the risks of the drug.
The dangers of nitrous oxide: An inside look at Surrey's laughing gas problem: “It is more dangerous than you think - put it down and step away."
Why 'laughing gas' has become so popular and how it made its way to Scunthorpe: We speak to a 'Nos Boss' who supplies Nitrous Oxide canisters to people in and around North Lincolnshire.
Deadly laughing gas craze littering Cardiff suburb sparks calls for tougher action: Scores of empty cannisters have been spotted across Grangetown.
Patient's concern at 'disgusting' laughing gas canisters outside Bolton GP surgery: Concerns have been raised after the car park outside of a GP surgery was littered with nitrous oxide canisters.
Over 100 discarded laughing gas canisters and 'hippie crack' balloons found in High Wycombe street: More than 100 empty nitrous oxide canisters have been collected by a frustrated High Wycombe resident from the street she lives on in just three weeks.
Hundreds of laughing gas canisters found in Tamworth parks: Hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters have been found strewn across Tamworth parks.
Why police are warning about 'laughing gas' use after finding canisters: A Humberside Police warning has been issued over nitrous oxide.
Wellingborough park safety concern for users: The park next to Redwell Leisure Centre has become a focal point for youths, some of whom have been drinking and others misusing Nitrous Oxide cannisters.
Love Highland: Love Island’s Tommy Fury filmed writhing on the floor after inhaling killer drug ‘hippy crack’ from balloon.
IRELAND
Cork man ran 40 marathons in memory of his brother: He completed that feat at the weekend, by running around the Lough 32 times, a place where he and his late brother used to hang out as young teens. Billie died aged 15 from solvent abuse.
BELGIUM
‘A real plague’: popularity of laughing gas sparks concerns in Flanders: The rising popularity of laughing gas as a recreational drug among Flemish youth has seen parks and sidewalks in the region littered with the small canisters, in what the head of one recreational area called “a real plague.”
GREECE
Two arrested in Zakynthos over laughing gas, spiked drinks: Two people were arrested on the Ionian island of Zakynthos on Monday in connection with balloons containing nitrous oxide ... and adultarated drinks.
FINLAND
Police seize 10,000 laughing gas canisters in Helsinki: Police suspect the cartridges found during the search of a home in Punavuori were intended to be sold as intoxicants.
USA
Man believed to have died from huffing on Fred Meyer premises (WA): A Yakima man is believed to have died from huffing on the Fred Meyer premises, according to the coroner’s office.
Driver who hit man on bus bench and fled, had 104 used ‘whippets’ in his car, cops say (FL): A man who is on probation for cocaine possession had 104 used “whippet” (nitrous oxide) cartridges in his car.
MHPD says huffing may have caused fatal crash (AR): The Mountain Home Police Department has released information on a fatality accident that took place over the weekend.
Police: woman found slumped over in car with baby inside (IN): A 28-year-old woman is facing a neglect charge after police say she huffed an air duster can with her baby inside the car.
Cincinnati man arrested for driving impaired after 'huffing paint' (IN): Indiana State Police arrested a Cincinnati man for allegedly driving impaired on a Northwest Indiana interstate after "huffing paint."
‘Huffer’ jailed after refusing police commands to stop sniffing from can: A 54-year-old Warsaw man who has repeatedly been charged with “huffing” chemicals was jailed without bail after he was caught doing it again and then refusing police commands to stop.
Man sentenced to probation for crashing while driving after huffing (MT): [He] was sentenced to three years probation after he pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to crashing a vehicle after huffing Dust-Off.
Woman facing 5th DWI found unresponsive with keyboard cleaner in lap (LA): A Calhoun woman is facing multiple charges, including a fifth OWI offense, after she was reportedly found unresponsive in a car with keyboard cleaner on her lap.
What to know about nitrous oxide: Medical News Today.
CANADA
Cliff Cardinal’s special for SummerWorks Performance Festival goes to dark places: Cardinal, who earned a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his unflinching, darkly comic Huff, about youth suicide and solvent abuse, spoke to The Globe and Mail about his new show and his sneaky CBC aspirations.
'He's taught me so much': Winnipeggers raise funds for homeless artist's funeral: [He] struggled with solvent abuse but he had been sober for the last 20 years.
INDIA
‘Adolescents using inhaling liquids on rise’: There has been a steady rise in adolescents in school final falling prey to inhaling liquids that gave them a “high” said V. Ramanujam, psychiatrist, at the Velammal Medical College and Hospital.
PHILIPPINES
Under the bridge: Police rescue five minors, arrest 13 others in joint operation in Barangay Banilad: Police arrested two peddlers of rugby during the operation.
NEW ZEALAND
Police warning after man seen huffing petrol in Auckland laundromat dryer: Police have issued a safety warning to the public after a man was seen huffing petrol from inside a dryer at a Manurewa laundromat last Sunday.
The percentage of pupils who reported having used volatile substances in the past year rose in 2016 to 4.4% from 2.9% in 2014. This rise was concerning and the 2018 figures show only a small reduction to 4.2% (4% among boys and 4.4% among girls). 9% of pupils report that they have ever used glue, gas, aerosols or solvents.
Glue, gas, aerosols or solvents continue to be the most commonly used substances among children under the age of 14 and pupils’ early experience of drug use was most likely to involve cannabis (42%) or volatile substances (40%). "Pupils who tried drugs at an earlier age were more likely to report using volatile substances at that age, whilst pupils who first took drugs at an older age were more likely to report taking cannabis."
"Pupils taking cannabis, volatile substances or Class A drugs all most commonly gave the reason ‘to see what it was like’. The reason ‘to get high or feel good’ was also commonly given by pupils who took cannabis and Class A drugs, but not commonly for those who used volatile substances."
Read the full report here.
Other headlines from the UK and around the world include:-
This Is What Your Laughing Gas Habit Is Doing To The Environment: Birds are getting sick from swallowing balloons and beaches are littered with canisters.
UK
Mum died after self-medicating with 100 canisters of laughing gas: A housebound woman who used laughing gas to help her cope with chronic pain died after inhaling too much, an inquest heard.
Man suffered brain injury from sniffing glue, court told: A Belfast man arrested while high on drugs in the city centre had suffered a brain injury from sniffing glue as a teenager, a court has heard.
Caerphilly shop prosecuted for selling “laughing gas” nitrous oxide: A Caerphilly shop and its owner have been prosecuted for selling the illegal psychoactive substance nitrous oxide – otherwise known as “laughing gas”.
Brighton Pride clean up highlights continued use of nitrous oxide: More than 150 bags of rubbish containing nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas” as it is widely known, canisters and balloons have been picked up off Brighton Beach following a major Pride event at the weekend.
Petition launched over Laughing Gas abuse: Local councillors have launched a petition over the growing abuse of Laughing Gas.
Police appeal for information after child hit with nitrous oxide canister: Police forces in Merseyside and Hampshire are looking for this man in connection with an incident at the Southampton v Liverpool football fixture at St Mary’s on Saturday 17 August.
Brit's £1k Thomas Cook holiday 'ruined by half naked teens taking hippy crack': Thomas Cook customer claims young guests at the hotel in Zante, Greece left nitrous oxide cannisters on the floor and partied into the night.
Border Force ordered to return 270,000 seized laughing gas capsules: The Border Force has been told to return 270,000 nitrous oxide capsules it seized at Southampton docks more than a year ago.
Young people in Grimsby 'dicing with death' by mixing laughing gas with amphetamine: A call has been made for nitrous oxide canisters to be licenced and police have warned of using the substance dangerously.
'I know someone who used them... he was left with scarring on the lungs' - Mum's shock at finding 'hippy crack' canisters on Stoke-on-Trent street: Police say they are trying to educate youngsters over the risks of the drug.
The dangers of nitrous oxide: An inside look at Surrey's laughing gas problem: “It is more dangerous than you think - put it down and step away."
Why 'laughing gas' has become so popular and how it made its way to Scunthorpe: We speak to a 'Nos Boss' who supplies Nitrous Oxide canisters to people in and around North Lincolnshire.
Deadly laughing gas craze littering Cardiff suburb sparks calls for tougher action: Scores of empty cannisters have been spotted across Grangetown.
Patient's concern at 'disgusting' laughing gas canisters outside Bolton GP surgery: Concerns have been raised after the car park outside of a GP surgery was littered with nitrous oxide canisters.
Over 100 discarded laughing gas canisters and 'hippie crack' balloons found in High Wycombe street: More than 100 empty nitrous oxide canisters have been collected by a frustrated High Wycombe resident from the street she lives on in just three weeks.
Hundreds of laughing gas canisters found in Tamworth parks: Hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters have been found strewn across Tamworth parks.
Why police are warning about 'laughing gas' use after finding canisters: A Humberside Police warning has been issued over nitrous oxide.
Wellingborough park safety concern for users: The park next to Redwell Leisure Centre has become a focal point for youths, some of whom have been drinking and others misusing Nitrous Oxide cannisters.
Outrage after boxes of nitrous oxide canisters dumped at Botany Bay: The canisters were thrown from a car late at night.
Rise in "laughing gas" canisters found in Thornton sparks safety warning: Wyre Council said they were being found increasingly frequently, as several empty containers were spotted by a member of the public in Thornton.
Love Highland: Love Island’s Tommy Fury filmed writhing on the floor after inhaling killer drug ‘hippy crack’ from balloon.
IRELAND
Cork man ran 40 marathons in memory of his brother: He completed that feat at the weekend, by running around the Lough 32 times, a place where he and his late brother used to hang out as young teens. Billie died aged 15 from solvent abuse.
BELGIUM
‘A real plague’: popularity of laughing gas sparks concerns in Flanders: The rising popularity of laughing gas as a recreational drug among Flemish youth has seen parks and sidewalks in the region littered with the small canisters, in what the head of one recreational area called “a real plague.”
GREECE
Two arrested in Zakynthos over laughing gas, spiked drinks: Two people were arrested on the Ionian island of Zakynthos on Monday in connection with balloons containing nitrous oxide ... and adultarated drinks.
FINLAND
Police seize 10,000 laughing gas canisters in Helsinki: Police suspect the cartridges found during the search of a home in Punavuori were intended to be sold as intoxicants.
USA
Man believed to have died from huffing on Fred Meyer premises (WA): A Yakima man is believed to have died from huffing on the Fred Meyer premises, according to the coroner’s office.
Driver who hit man on bus bench and fled, had 104 used ‘whippets’ in his car, cops say (FL): A man who is on probation for cocaine possession had 104 used “whippet” (nitrous oxide) cartridges in his car.
MHPD says huffing may have caused fatal crash (AR): The Mountain Home Police Department has released information on a fatality accident that took place over the weekend.
Police: woman found slumped over in car with baby inside (IN): A 28-year-old woman is facing a neglect charge after police say she huffed an air duster can with her baby inside the car.
Cincinnati man arrested for driving impaired after 'huffing paint' (IN): Indiana State Police arrested a Cincinnati man for allegedly driving impaired on a Northwest Indiana interstate after "huffing paint."
‘Huffer’ jailed after refusing police commands to stop sniffing from can: A 54-year-old Warsaw man who has repeatedly been charged with “huffing” chemicals was jailed without bail after he was caught doing it again and then refusing police commands to stop.
Man sentenced to probation for crashing while driving after huffing (MT): [He] was sentenced to three years probation after he pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to crashing a vehicle after huffing Dust-Off.
Woman facing 5th DWI found unresponsive with keyboard cleaner in lap (LA): A Calhoun woman is facing multiple charges, including a fifth OWI offense, after she was reportedly found unresponsive in a car with keyboard cleaner on her lap.
What to know about nitrous oxide: Medical News Today.
CANADA
Cliff Cardinal’s special for SummerWorks Performance Festival goes to dark places: Cardinal, who earned a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his unflinching, darkly comic Huff, about youth suicide and solvent abuse, spoke to The Globe and Mail about his new show and his sneaky CBC aspirations.
'He's taught me so much': Winnipeggers raise funds for homeless artist's funeral: [He] struggled with solvent abuse but he had been sober for the last 20 years.
INDIA
‘Adolescents using inhaling liquids on rise’: There has been a steady rise in adolescents in school final falling prey to inhaling liquids that gave them a “high” said V. Ramanujam, psychiatrist, at the Velammal Medical College and Hospital.
PHILIPPINES
Under the bridge: Police rescue five minors, arrest 13 others in joint operation in Barangay Banilad: Police arrested two peddlers of rugby during the operation.
NEW ZEALAND
Police warning after man seen huffing petrol in Auckland laundromat dryer: Police have issued a safety warning to the public after a man was seen huffing petrol from inside a dryer at a Manurewa laundromat last Sunday.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
VSA Headlines - July 2019
National Records of Scotland have published the latest figures on Volatile Substance Abuse and Helium Deaths. There were 14 deaths recorded for 2018 and they note:
Over the years since 2000, the number has fluctuated, between as low as one death (in 2004) and a peak of 25 deaths (in 2011). In total, there were 211 such deaths in the 19 years, which represents an average of about 11 per year. As the annual average for the latest three years (2016 to 2018) is 12, and the annual average for the latest five years (2014 to 2018) is also 12, it appears that recent years’ figures are broadly typical of the period as a whole.
Males account for the majority of the deaths.
Over the years, the pattern of deaths by age-group has changed. In the first nine years of the century, the 15-24 age-group tended to have more deaths than any other age-group. However, since about 2010, the 25-34 age-group has usually had more deaths. There have also tended to be more deaths of 35-44 year olds in recent years than there were in the first decade – indeed, in 2015, 2017 and 2018 the 35-44 age-group had more deaths than any of the other age-groups.
In almost all cases, at least one volatile substance was believed to have been implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of death. Some of these deaths are also counted as drug-related.
The full report is available here.
Other headlines from the UK and around the world include:-
UK
Woman drowned in bath after taking drugs, inquest told: A woman drowned in the bath after taking drugs and inhaling gas, an inquest was told.
Jailed for making threatening phone calls to police: High on butane gas, [he] called the police control room with a mixture of threats and cries for help.
Naked Northallerton woman shouted threats from upstairs window: A woman who threatened to set her neighbour’s children and house on fire and walked the streets armed with an eight-inch knife has been detained under the mental health act.
Thieves steal "harmful" laughing gas cannisters from hospital: A spokesman for the George Eliot Hospital has condemned the thieves for stealing the canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as hippy crack
Motorway mayhem: M25 crash today leaves drivers stuck for eight hours in 31-miles queues so they amuse themselves with hippy crack and VR games.
Bid to tackle booze and drug crisis: Even children of junior school age are said to be sniffing things like hairspray, polish and glue which makes them more likely to go on to other things.
Bags full of laughing gas canisters seized from Leeds Cocoon in the Park festival: Police confiscated a large amount of nitrous oxide gas canisters - known colloquially as laughing gas - from the event.
Glastonbury litter pickers reveal the weirdest things they’ve found on site: ... the number of nitrous oxide (NOS) canisters left on site this year also decreased. “There’s been a decrease in NOS cans this year,” he confirmed. “It is a trend downwards. We noticed it at other festivals last year when there wasn’t a Glastonbury and I’d say it is lower here than at other festivals.”
Laughing gas: Wigan councillor calls for crackdown on widespread abuse: A Wigan councillor is calling for the town hall to take civil enforcement action to stop the widespread use of laughing gas in the borough.
Fresh warning on gas canister use: Cumbria Police have issued a warning as a “large number” of nitrous oxide canisters have been found in Whitehaven.
Laughing gas canisters found in Westgate Car Park in Dartford: A car park next to a popular nightclub has been left littered with nitrous oxide canisters, despite a Public Spaces Protection Order to combat anti-social behaviour.
Fears for children's safety as hundreds of bottles, beer cans and drug canisters left on Cornish beach:
“My main worry is all the drug canisters chucked all over the beach and smashed glass when there’s children running around."
Doffcocker Lodge beauty spot blighted by drugs litter: This is the sight at Doffcocker Lodge where 'laughing gas' cartridges have been found dumped on the car park.
People taking hippie crack in the shadows of Gloucester Cathedral is no laughing matter: Laughing gas cannisters litter one of Gloucestershire historic lanes near the jewel in the city's crown.
Warning after ‘large number’ of laughing gas canisters found at Yaxley recreation ground: Police have issued a warning after a “large number” of empty nitrous oxide canisters were found in Yaxley.
Public health alert issued after police find these on Sheffield street: Members of the public are being warned about the potentially deadly dangers of inhaling laughing gas after a number of discarded cannisters were found in Sheffield.
Police warning over laughing gas threat: Youngsters are falling prey to a new wave of substance abuse.
Buxton police warning after 'dangerous' nitrous oxide canisters found in the area: Police in Buxton have issued a warning after reports that dangerous nitrous oxide canisters were found in the area.
Copper commandeers boy's bike for pedal pursuit at Asda in Hinckley: Officers were responding to call about a group of youths inhaling nitrous oxide in a park in Hinckley yesterday afternoon.
Everything you need to know about 'hippy crack' drug behind silver cannisters left littering our streets, parks and play areas: You may not have realised what the tiny silver cannisters left behind may have been used for.
Gas Girls horror: Women hired in Brit hols hotspots to flog killer party drug.
Love Island's Michael Griffiths inhales from a balloon at wild party in Ibiza: Love Island firefighter Michael Griffiths was seen sucking on a balloon on a raucous night out with his mates on holiday.
Love Island new girl Maria Wild seen 'inhaling hippy crack': Love Island’s Maria Wild was seen appearing to inhale hippy crack.
NETHERLANDS
Concerns rise in health complaints after use of laughing gas in Netherlands: The recreational use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, is rising in the Netherlands and causes more health issues, the Dutch poisons information center (NVIC) reported on Tuesday.
GREECE
Kos businessman arrested for selling laughing gas: A 50-year-old businessman on Kos faced a prosecutor Monday for allegedly selling balloons containing nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas.
USA
Mothers' work with solvents tied to higher autism risk for kids: Women who are exposed to solvents on the job may be more likely to have children with autism than mothers without this occupational exposure, a recent study suggests.
‘Huffing’ becoming a big problem (NC): The use of an inhalant — or “huffing” — likely was the cause of death for a Wayne County man found dead in April in a Goldsboro parking lot.
Court upholds ex psychiatrist’s aggravated assault conviction (WY): [He] was apologetic at his sentencing last year and has never disputed the basic facts of the case: He got high off a can of compressed air on the morning of March 14, 2017, and passed out while driving to his office, crashing into an oncoming vehicle and injuring the other driver.
Driver may have been high from ‘huffing’ before fatal crash in northern Minnesota (MN): A Baudette man has been charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide after authorities say he struck and killed another driver Monday in northern Minnesota.
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Causing Highway Worker’s Death (MT): A Montana man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence for huffing compressed air and causing a crash that killed a state highway worker near Billings last October.
Driver was Fleeing Accident When Crashing into Home (IN); Reported to be Using An Inhalant
Man high on aerosol cans crashes during slow-speed chase (TX): A man who was high on aerosol cans hit two patrol cars and crashed into a tree during a slow-speed chase, Houston police said.
Woman rolls vehicle after huffing aerosol while driving (MI): A northern Michigan teen could face charges after rolling her car.
Woman admitted huffing air duster before crash (WY): Police say the Casper woman charged after crashing into two vehicles earlier this week admitted to huffing aerosol spray while driving with a three-year-old child inside the vehicle -- her second such crash in as many weeks.
Man arrested for huffing dust cleaner before crashing into shopping carts (MI): A man accused of huffing dust cleaner before crashing into shopping carts at a Traverse City store has been arrested.
Rochester Dental Office Janitor Accused of Stealing Nitrous Oxide (MN): A Rochester man is accused of stealing laughing gas from a dentist office where he worked as a janitor.
Man notorious for ‘huffing’ caught twice again in city (NY): A man notorious locally for “huffing” offenses is now facing even more charges in the city.
Pregnant Louisiana woman accused of huffing on public roadway: The Monroe News Star reports [the] 33-year-old was charged Friday with abuse of toxic vapors and obstruction of a public passage.
Man who huffed 18 cans of dusting spray found outside Walmart (FL): A sheriff’s deputy found a man who had huffed 18 cans of dusting spray sitting in the driver’s seat of his car in the parking lot of a Walmart in Flagler Beach, Fla., staring blankly out of the front window.
Hampton man arrested on inhaling, breach of bail charges (NH): [He] received a summons at 10:45 p.m. on July 8, 2019, and charged with inhaling toxic vapors for effect and breach of bail conditions.
Chillicothe Police Department reports uptick by individuals huffing air duster (OH): The Chillicothe Police Department is reporting that officers are noticing an increased use by individuals huffing an air duster as a way to get high.
Outside Boston Phish Show, Police Seize 67 Nitrous Canisters (MA): Boston police said some concert-goers got high on nitrous before heading into the Phish show at Fenway Park.
INDIA
26 lakh children are addicted to sedatives and inhalants: Nearly 26 lakh children in the country are addicted to “sedatives and inhalants,” Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
In Gurugram’s underbelly, addiction is just a shop away: Rakesh, the youngest of four siblings, was 10 years old when his friends introduced him to chemical abuse.
Epidemic of Drug Abuse in Kashmir: Among the 15294 patients 472, were diagnosed as alcohol abusers, 1359 as Opioid abusers 7860 as cannabis abusers, 352 cocaine abusers, 1080 as benzodiazepines users, 460 volatile abusers and 3741 were poly drug abusers.
BAHRAIN
Indian teenager ‘died after inhaling lighter fluid’: A teenager, whose body was found on the rooftop a building on Friday night, died due to inhaling lighter fluid, sources revealed on Saturday.
THAILAND
Police arrest 9 for selling laughing gas in Bangkok: Thai police have arrested nine people in a Bangkok district popular with backpackers for selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, local media said.
PHILIPPINES
From sniffing ‘Rugby’ glue to national team player: how Lito Ramirez became a home-grown Filipino rugby star.
AUSTRALIA
Petrol sniffing on the decline, cannabis and alcohol on the rise: A new study into the prevalence of petrol sniffing in selected Indigenous communities has found a total 95.2 per cent reduction in the number of people sniffing petrol since 2007.
NEW ZEALAND
Driver caught parked up and sniffing glue in New Plymouth: A Taranaki woman was caught huffing glue when police tracked her down following a tip-off about her driving, a court heard.
The full report is available here.
Other headlines from the UK and around the world include:-
UK
Woman drowned in bath after taking drugs, inquest told: A woman drowned in the bath after taking drugs and inhaling gas, an inquest was told.
Jailed for making threatening phone calls to police: High on butane gas, [he] called the police control room with a mixture of threats and cries for help.
Naked Northallerton woman shouted threats from upstairs window: A woman who threatened to set her neighbour’s children and house on fire and walked the streets armed with an eight-inch knife has been detained under the mental health act.
Thieves steal "harmful" laughing gas cannisters from hospital: A spokesman for the George Eliot Hospital has condemned the thieves for stealing the canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as hippy crack
Motorway mayhem: M25 crash today leaves drivers stuck for eight hours in 31-miles queues so they amuse themselves with hippy crack and VR games.
Bid to tackle booze and drug crisis: Even children of junior school age are said to be sniffing things like hairspray, polish and glue which makes them more likely to go on to other things.
Bags full of laughing gas canisters seized from Leeds Cocoon in the Park festival: Police confiscated a large amount of nitrous oxide gas canisters - known colloquially as laughing gas - from the event.
Glastonbury litter pickers reveal the weirdest things they’ve found on site: ... the number of nitrous oxide (NOS) canisters left on site this year also decreased. “There’s been a decrease in NOS cans this year,” he confirmed. “It is a trend downwards. We noticed it at other festivals last year when there wasn’t a Glastonbury and I’d say it is lower here than at other festivals.”
Laughing gas: Wigan councillor calls for crackdown on widespread abuse: A Wigan councillor is calling for the town hall to take civil enforcement action to stop the widespread use of laughing gas in the borough.
Fresh warning on gas canister use: Cumbria Police have issued a warning as a “large number” of nitrous oxide canisters have been found in Whitehaven.
Laughing gas canisters found in Westgate Car Park in Dartford: A car park next to a popular nightclub has been left littered with nitrous oxide canisters, despite a Public Spaces Protection Order to combat anti-social behaviour.
“My main worry is all the drug canisters chucked all over the beach and smashed glass when there’s children running around."
Doffcocker Lodge beauty spot blighted by drugs litter: This is the sight at Doffcocker Lodge where 'laughing gas' cartridges have been found dumped on the car park.
People taking hippie crack in the shadows of Gloucester Cathedral is no laughing matter: Laughing gas cannisters litter one of Gloucestershire historic lanes near the jewel in the city's crown.
Warning after ‘large number’ of laughing gas canisters found at Yaxley recreation ground: Police have issued a warning after a “large number” of empty nitrous oxide canisters were found in Yaxley.
Public health alert issued after police find these on Sheffield street: Members of the public are being warned about the potentially deadly dangers of inhaling laughing gas after a number of discarded cannisters were found in Sheffield.
Police warning over laughing gas threat: Youngsters are falling prey to a new wave of substance abuse.
Buxton police warning after 'dangerous' nitrous oxide canisters found in the area: Police in Buxton have issued a warning after reports that dangerous nitrous oxide canisters were found in the area.
Copper commandeers boy's bike for pedal pursuit at Asda in Hinckley: Officers were responding to call about a group of youths inhaling nitrous oxide in a park in Hinckley yesterday afternoon.
Everything you need to know about 'hippy crack' drug behind silver cannisters left littering our streets, parks and play areas: You may not have realised what the tiny silver cannisters left behind may have been used for.
Gas Girls horror: Women hired in Brit hols hotspots to flog killer party drug.
Love Island's Michael Griffiths inhales from a balloon at wild party in Ibiza: Love Island firefighter Michael Griffiths was seen sucking on a balloon on a raucous night out with his mates on holiday.
Love Island new girl Maria Wild seen 'inhaling hippy crack': Love Island’s Maria Wild was seen appearing to inhale hippy crack.
NETHERLANDS
Concerns rise in health complaints after use of laughing gas in Netherlands: The recreational use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, is rising in the Netherlands and causes more health issues, the Dutch poisons information center (NVIC) reported on Tuesday.
GREECE
Kos businessman arrested for selling laughing gas: A 50-year-old businessman on Kos faced a prosecutor Monday for allegedly selling balloons containing nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas.
USA
Mothers' work with solvents tied to higher autism risk for kids: Women who are exposed to solvents on the job may be more likely to have children with autism than mothers without this occupational exposure, a recent study suggests.
‘Huffing’ becoming a big problem (NC): The use of an inhalant — or “huffing” — likely was the cause of death for a Wayne County man found dead in April in a Goldsboro parking lot.
Court upholds ex psychiatrist’s aggravated assault conviction (WY): [He] was apologetic at his sentencing last year and has never disputed the basic facts of the case: He got high off a can of compressed air on the morning of March 14, 2017, and passed out while driving to his office, crashing into an oncoming vehicle and injuring the other driver.
Driver may have been high from ‘huffing’ before fatal crash in northern Minnesota (MN): A Baudette man has been charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide after authorities say he struck and killed another driver Monday in northern Minnesota.
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Causing Highway Worker’s Death (MT): A Montana man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence for huffing compressed air and causing a crash that killed a state highway worker near Billings last October.
Driver was Fleeing Accident When Crashing into Home (IN); Reported to be Using An Inhalant
Man high on aerosol cans crashes during slow-speed chase (TX): A man who was high on aerosol cans hit two patrol cars and crashed into a tree during a slow-speed chase, Houston police said.
Woman rolls vehicle after huffing aerosol while driving (MI): A northern Michigan teen could face charges after rolling her car.
Woman admitted huffing air duster before crash (WY): Police say the Casper woman charged after crashing into two vehicles earlier this week admitted to huffing aerosol spray while driving with a three-year-old child inside the vehicle -- her second such crash in as many weeks.
Man arrested for huffing dust cleaner before crashing into shopping carts (MI): A man accused of huffing dust cleaner before crashing into shopping carts at a Traverse City store has been arrested.
Rochester Dental Office Janitor Accused of Stealing Nitrous Oxide (MN): A Rochester man is accused of stealing laughing gas from a dentist office where he worked as a janitor.
Man notorious for ‘huffing’ caught twice again in city (NY): A man notorious locally for “huffing” offenses is now facing even more charges in the city.
Pregnant Louisiana woman accused of huffing on public roadway: The Monroe News Star reports [the] 33-year-old was charged Friday with abuse of toxic vapors and obstruction of a public passage.
Man who huffed 18 cans of dusting spray found outside Walmart (FL): A sheriff’s deputy found a man who had huffed 18 cans of dusting spray sitting in the driver’s seat of his car in the parking lot of a Walmart in Flagler Beach, Fla., staring blankly out of the front window.
Hampton man arrested on inhaling, breach of bail charges (NH): [He] received a summons at 10:45 p.m. on July 8, 2019, and charged with inhaling toxic vapors for effect and breach of bail conditions.
Chillicothe Police Department reports uptick by individuals huffing air duster (OH): The Chillicothe Police Department is reporting that officers are noticing an increased use by individuals huffing an air duster as a way to get high.
Outside Boston Phish Show, Police Seize 67 Nitrous Canisters (MA): Boston police said some concert-goers got high on nitrous before heading into the Phish show at Fenway Park.
26 lakh children are addicted to sedatives and inhalants: Nearly 26 lakh children in the country are addicted to “sedatives and inhalants,” Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
In Gurugram’s underbelly, addiction is just a shop away: Rakesh, the youngest of four siblings, was 10 years old when his friends introduced him to chemical abuse.
Epidemic of Drug Abuse in Kashmir: Among the 15294 patients 472, were diagnosed as alcohol abusers, 1359 as Opioid abusers 7860 as cannabis abusers, 352 cocaine abusers, 1080 as benzodiazepines users, 460 volatile abusers and 3741 were poly drug abusers.
BAHRAIN
Indian teenager ‘died after inhaling lighter fluid’: A teenager, whose body was found on the rooftop a building on Friday night, died due to inhaling lighter fluid, sources revealed on Saturday.
THAILAND
Police arrest 9 for selling laughing gas in Bangkok: Thai police have arrested nine people in a Bangkok district popular with backpackers for selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, local media said.
PHILIPPINES
From sniffing ‘Rugby’ glue to national team player: how Lito Ramirez became a home-grown Filipino rugby star.
AUSTRALIA
Petrol sniffing on the decline, cannabis and alcohol on the rise: A new study into the prevalence of petrol sniffing in selected Indigenous communities has found a total 95.2 per cent reduction in the number of people sniffing petrol since 2007.
NEW ZEALAND
Driver caught parked up and sniffing glue in New Plymouth: A Taranaki woman was caught huffing glue when police tracked her down following a tip-off about her driving, a court heard.
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