Driver on drugs ‘slumped at wheel holding butane gas canister’ disqualified for 15 months: A man who was found slumped at the wheel of his car holding a butane gas canister has been disqualified from driving for 15 months after being under the influence of drugs.
Glastonbury 2019: What not to take to the festival, according to organisers: ... No nitrous oxide (laughing gas). As a contraband good, under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 this substance is banned at Glastonbury. Nitrous oxide is also banned at the Finsbury Park Festival and The Ends Festival.
Festivalgoers headed to Glastonbury are told to not use laughing gas as top nurses warn nitrous oxide is NOT a safe alternative to other illegal drugs: The country's top nurses have warned festivalgoers not to take nitrous oxide ahead of Glastonbury this weekend.
Parklife – Urgent ecstasy warning over super-strength purple and pink Skype and Sprite pills at Heaton Park festival: ... Greater Manchester Police said they had made a total of 18 arrests in connection with the festival so far. GMP said a number of these arrests related to nitrous oxide canisters.
The 'nos' dealer caught red-handed at Parklife and his excuse for having stolen wristbands: [He] was found trading outside the gates with a stash of stolen festival wristbands and 100 cannisters of nitrious oxide he claimed were for personal use.
Hordes of teenagers 'taking hippy crack en masse' on Stoke-on-Trent's streets in worrying new drug epidemic. A further story ran to name and shame the streets littered with 'hippy crack' canisters.
Inside the Cambridge play areas littered with heroin needles and 'hippie crack' canisters: "I don't think people realise how dangerous it can be".
‘Laughing gas’ discovery leaves local mother outraged: The mother of an 11-year-old boy was left disgusted after her son found what she believes to be more than 40 ‘laughing gas’ canisters in the beck in Heighington.
Laughing gas cannisters littering primary school gates prompts calls for teens to listen up - before it's too late: Drug has been linked to 36 deaths in England and Wales since 2001
Fears for teenagers after shocking image shows extent of drug abuse at Wigan beauty spot: Fears are growing for the safety of Wigan youngsters as wildlife group reports collecting thousands of “laughing gas” shells from a beauty spot.
Laughing gas cannisters littering car parks in Penenenden Heath, Maidstone, and Minster, Sheppey: The tell-tale empty silver canisters of laughing gas are now regular sights on the ground in the morning.
Parents fear for lives as teen laughing gas 'epidemic' sees primary school gates lined with the drug: There are worries only tragedy will draw attention to the issue
Lincoln nature park ‘spoiled by litter and drugs’: Whisby Nature Park in Lincoln is being blighted by people carelessly dumping litter and drug canisters.
Liverpool's streets are littered with laughing gas canisters: the truth about nitrous oxide: There's a high price to pay for getting high off laughing gas.
Warning sounded as more 'laughing gas' canisters found on Teesside streets: Inhalation of nitrous oxide, also known as hippie crack, is a growing trend and has proved fatal.
Swindon police plea as group of children found in park drinking and taking 'hippie crack': Parents have been asked to check up on their children, after police came across a large group of underage drinkers taking "hippy crack" in an Old Town park.
Hundreds of laughing gas canisters dumped by Mere Hall: Hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters have been dumped in a scenic park in Bolton.
Blackpool Police issue warning about Nitrous Oxide after increase in canisters being found across the Fylde Coast: Police in Blackpool have warned the public about the dangers of Nitrous Oxide after an increase in the number of canisters being found in the region.
Grit bin discovery reveals the Chew Valley's hippy crack problem: A large quantity of discarded used canisters of nitrous oxide has been discovered just days before a national public warning about the dangers of this so called hippy crack.
Warnings issued over nitrous oxide 'drug abuse' after evidence of increasing use across Bromsgrove District: Parents have been urged to educate their children about the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide after an increase in the number of silver canisters being found across Bromsgrove district.
USA
Dublin teen found at Ohio University frat died of asphyxiation from nitrous oxide ingestion: The Athens County Coroner determined that [the] 18-year-old died from asphyxiation due to nitrous oxide ingestion.
St. Helens man sentenced for role in fatal DUII crash (OR): [He] had used nitrous oxide inhalants prior to the crash.
'Huffing' mother may have endangered 11-month-old in crash (OR): Clackamas County district attorneys are considering whether to prosecute a woman for reckless endangering.
Alleged glue-sniffing motorist crashes into Wyoming home (WY): A Rock Springs man is facing several charges after allegedly crashing a truck into a home on Friday afternoon
Young Man Killed, 3 Teens Hurt in Shooting at Nitrous Oxide Party in SoCal (CA): A shooting at a West Covina house party left one young person dead and three minors injured, officials said Saturday.
Salisbury woman caught huffing air duster she purchased from Walmart (NC): A woman with a history of huffing air duster was arrested and charged this week.
Warsaw man caught huffing twice in two days (NY): A village man is facing charges after he was allegedly caught “huffing” twice in two days.
Inmate hospitalized after jumping from second tier of Pa. prison (PA): ... [He] is accused of sniffing “Ultra Duster” and creating a disturbance outside his house that had neighbors complaining.
Vandals hit Rector Public Library again: The Rector Public Library posted on Facebook Tuesday that someone got into the back fenced-in area and stole Freon from the air conditioner.
RUSSIA
Gritty postcards from the Russian Hinterland: ... To escape their grim home life, he and his friends spent their days huffing glue and melting batteries for fun near an abandoned clothing factory.
UAE
Five Sharjah teenagers in hospital after butane-sniffing explosion: Abuse of the cigarette lighter fluid reported to have reached worrying levels.
INDIA
Drug addiction among children high in Madhya Pradesh, a large number of them are inhalant addicts: The number of children under the age of 17 who are addicted to inhalant abuse which includes whitener solution used to repair punctures etc. is about 4.5 lakh.
VIETNAM
Health ministry backs Hanoi on laughing gas ban: The Ministry of Health has expressed support for Hanoi’s proposed ban on recreational use of laughing gas because of its mental impacts.
MALAYSIA
14yo Tragically Found Dead in Port Dickson, Believed to Have Overdosed From Glue Sniffing: A 14-year-old boy was discovered dead in a chair and hugging a big plastic container on one of the beaches in Port Dickson, Kwongwah reported.
3 blind, elderly women left homeless in Malaysia after ancestral home set ablaze: The blaze was allegedly started by their nephew who was angry after failing to borrow money from his aunt. "He asked me for RM50. I rejected his request because I knew he will use the money to buy glue (for sniffing).
PHILIPPINES
Solvent sniffing street kids pockmark city streets, put future at risk: The answer probably lies in the balance if the increasing number of solvent and rugby sniffing youngsters roaming the streets in Quezon City and nearby areas is made the sole basis.
Programme launched to rescue glue sniffers: Quezon City introduces interventions to reform solvent addicts.
FIJI
Schools not to be blamed for students' substance abuse: There were 140 cases of students smoking tobacco in primary schools, 3 cases of primary students smoking marijuana, 161 cases of students drinking kava, 59 cases of primary school students drinking alcohol, 4 cases of students drinking homebrew and 50 cases of students sniffing inhalants recorded by the National Substance Abuse and Advisory Council last year.
AUSTRALIA
Doctors call for legally available nangs, or nitrous oxide bulbs, to be banned (WA): Doctors are calling for gas cannisters used for whipping cream to be banned because children are using them as recreational drugs to get a cheap high.
My Long And Painfully Awkward Quest To Buy Legal Poppers: “Hello, I’m wondering if you can make poppers?”
SOUTH AFRICA
Teens hooked on ‘huffing’: A dangerous fad is on the rise.
