17-year-old died after taking laughing gas, inquest hears: A mother has been left “heartbroken” after her teenage son died after inhaling laughing gas, an inquest heard.
Cornwall teenager died after laughing gas experiment went wrong: [He] was only 19 years old when he tragically died.
Carlisle man admits criminal damage: ... [The defence] told the court his client has got through drug and alcohol abuse and suffers from anxiety, at his lowest point he was involved solvent abuse, but is slowly getting his life back together.
Four Britons drive their car into an Amsterdam canal 'after inhaling hippy crack' - before stunned locals dive in to rescue them.
Show-off BMW driver who inhaled laughing gas at wheel left two passengers injured after high-speed crash on Hanley road: [The 25-year-old] lost control when speeding on Potteries Way (Stoke-on-Trent) in early hours of morning.
Two teenagers arrested after police find nitrous oxide canisters in Leeds city centre drugs bust: Officers were on patrol on Saturday, July 25 when they stopped a suspicious vehicle in the city centre.
VW Golf caught on camera littering nitrous oxide slapped with fine: A VW Golf was caught on CCTV leaving Middlesbrough town centre surrounded by nitrous oxide canisters and food packaging.
Shops hand over 1,904 nitrous oxide canisters after investigation reveals they were sold to young people: Hundreds of 'laughing gas' canisters have been removed from two shops in Bolton after an investigation revealed they were being sold to young people.
Four Arrested for Selling Cannabis from CBD Shops in Croydon: Police officers seized a large quantity of cannabis, nitrous oxide canisters and £20,000 in cash following a raid at three CBD shops yesterday.
Police seize 60,000 cans of nitrous oxide 'laughing gas' after south London car stop: Around 60,000 canisters of nitrous oxide “laughing gas” were seized after police pulled over a car in south London.
The Laughing-Gas Wars of London: When the sun is out and everything is closed, what is there to do but go to the park?
MP calls for tougher stance on laughing gas: Robbie Moore is asking the government to tighten up on regulating Nitrous Oxide cannisters, which people use to get high.
Taskforce set up to investigate growing laughing gas abuse problem on Teesside: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Simon Clarke wrote to Home Secretary Priti Patel last month to ask what work is being done to stop its illegal sale and abuse.
Tackling 'hippy crack' - policing chief sets up new action group to deal with laughing gas misuse: A new multi-agency action group has been formed to tackle growing concerns around the use of laughing gas.
No laughing matter: Call for action over nitrous oxide dangers: Fears have been raised about the increasing numbers of young people using "life-threatening" nitrous oxide across the Black Country and Staffordshire.
Fines for people inhaling laughing gas and 'nuisance' off-road bikers extended in Coventry: Councillors were told extending a PSPO isn't a "silver bullet" but part of a toolkit to tackle nuisance behaviour.
'Lockdown frustration' blamed for spike in nitrous oxide use in Berkshire: There's been an 'explosion' in drug taking in parks and public areas across the county.
Josh Denzel's girlfriend Ruby Wong films 'hippy crack' on table at Ibiza party: Love Island's Josh Denzel and his new girlfriend Ruby Wong partied at their Ibiza villa with some pals, and the model shared footage of hippy crack canisters and deflated balloons scattered across a table.
Nitrous oxide continues to be in the news with warnings about use coming from Derby, Forth Valley, Hertfordshire, Newcastle, Sunderland and Wigan.
Complaints concerning antisocial behaviour and/or littering relating to nitrous oxide came from Cardiff, Cheshire, Coventry, Cumbria, Derby, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, Surrey, Windsor & Maidenhead and Somerset.
Poppers
Priti Patel is decriminalising poppers once and for all: Did our infamously anti-LGBT Home Secretary just say gay rights?
IRELAND
Gardaí unable to provide figures on 'laughing gas' arrests and seizures due to IT limitations: The issue was flagged in a parliamentary question requesting statistics on seizures of the drug.
Co Kildare TD urging parents and children to be aware of dangerous laughing gas: TD and Dr Cathal Berry said: "Taking nitrous oxide poses the risk of falling unconscious and or suffocating from lack of oxygen."
SPAIN
Who’s laughing now? Dealer selling laughing gas on streets of Spain’s Costa del Sol is busted by police: A 22-year-old Romanian dealer on the streets of Spain’s Costa del Sol was busted by police selling canisters of laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide, to drunk tourists.
NETHERLANDS
Driver using laughing gas tried to ram cop car in wild chase: "They took the suspect out of the car while he was still sucking a laughing gas balloon," police said in a statement.
USA
Former OU Sigma Pi members plead guilty to multiple charges in death of [fellow student]: A coroner ruled [he] died of asphyxiation due to nitrous oxide ingestion.
Manitowoc man attacks his mother after huffing (WI): A Manitowoc man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly attacked his mother while high.
State senate passes Addabbo bill banning whip-it sales to kids (NY): The state senate has passed legislation that would ban the sale of nitrous oxide-filled whipped cream chargers to anyone under 21.
Hundreds of ‘whippit’ canisters left at Riverside Skatepark (MI): Residents voice concern.
BANGLADESH
Teen muggers prowl Chittagong flyovers: “Two cases have been lodged in connection to mugging on flyovers. The teen muggers are addicted to sniffing glue,” the OC said.
TAIWAN
Doctor warns on dangers of laughing gas: While the recreational use of the anesthetic poses great dangers, diseases such as melioidosis are often overlooked by doctors.
FIJI
Police to address shortfalls in service delivery in Nausori after concerns about prostitution, drugs and glue sniffing: In response to questions by Fijivillage, Police say they assure the public that they are taking the necessary actions to ensure these issues are addressed swiftly.
AUSTRALIA
New exhibition gives voice to narratives of Indigenous Australians: ‘The Indigenous voice speaks through quotation, in language and in English, in print and multimedia, peppered liberally with black humour,’ Ms Neale said. Other poignant objects include a soft drink can modified for petrol sniffing, with an accompanying 1984 painting, Sad Boys Are Sniffing, by Vanessa Nampitjinpa Brown.
NEW ZEALAND
Investigation into sales of laughing gas which could breach Medicines Act: A rapid increase in sales of laughing gas online and at vape stores is under investigation by MedSafe.
