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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.
