Re-Solv's Dan Gibbons participated in an interview about Nitrous Oxide with the MP Rosie Duffield on Times Radio on 31st August. Re-Solv's short informational video about nitrous oxide can be viewed here.
UK
Death of 'talented and adored' 18-year-old possibly linked to nitrous oxide: The death of a talented and adored son and brother was “most likely” related to drug use, an inquest heard. Mum calls for campaign to highlight dangers of nitrous oxide.
Butane-sniffing driver jailed for high speed crash which killed mum-of-two: A solvent sniffing driver has been jailed for killing a woman passenger in a high-speed head-on crash on a country road.
Addict jailed for Camelon flats gas incident: A heroin addict whose usual drug deliveries were disrupted by coronavirus risked blowing up a block of flats when he tried to instead sniff household gas.
Tens of thousands of ‘laughing gas’ cartridges seized at Suffolk port: The shipment had been bound for a wholesale company based in Rutland, in the East Midlands, which was given notice of the hearing and chose not to contest the application.
Police discover 6,000 nitrous oxide cannisters in boot of M6 crash car: Police arrested a man on suspicion of supplying drugs then discovered 15,000 more nitrous oxide canisters in Birmingham storage unit.
Secret auction keeps millions of whipped cream chargers off the streets: The nitrous oxide 'laughing gas' which fuels the canisters is now in demand as a street drug and can be deadly.
Hospital gas canister raiders to be sentenced: The gang stole canisters containing nitrous oxide from Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Willington Hospital in Manchester, Chester-le-Street Community Hospital and hospitals in Bishop Auckland and Darlington.
Driver seen inhaling suspected 'hippy crack' from a balloon while behind the wheel on a busy road: The motorist who filmed the scene suspects the balloons may have contained nitrous oxide - also known as ‘hippy crack’.
Police seize knuckle duster and gas cannisters in West Bromwich arrest: West Midlands Police say he was also in possession of nitrous oxide canisters, where were also seized.
Warning signs across Rotherham over 'legal' but dangerous 'laughing gas' craze: Now Rotherham Council is to erect signs across the borough warning of the potential consequences of misusing the substance.
Crackdown on deadly 'party drug' in Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley: Safer Wyre Forest's N 2 Othing to Laugh About campaign is looking to stop dangerous nitrous oxide use in the area.
No laughing matter: Deadly ‘hippy crack’ craze sweeps Scotland as teens seek ‘quick lockdown highs’ with canisters dumped in parks & beaches.
Nitrous oxide continues to be in the news with warnings about use coming from Barrow, Cambridgeshire, Leeds, Oswestry, Nottinghamshire, and Sefton.
Concerns regarding antisocial behaviour and/or littering relating to nitrous oxide came from Bury, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lichfield, Market Harborough and Richmondshire.
Southampton restaurant Iroko Lounge is shut for 2 months for 'worst' Covid-19 breach in Hampshire: Hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters were also found on the floor.
John Bishop: Jack Whitehall once paid me for a gig in laughing gas.
‘It was poor judgement’: Man Utd star Greenwood apologises for inhaling laughing gas.
Love Island fans spot ‘hippy crack’ laughing gas canisters in Molly Mae and Tommy Fury’s flat during night in with Maura: Fans flooded the comments to point it out.
GIBRALTAR
Importation of products containing nitrous oxide restricted; GSD calls for further legislation: GSD MP Elliott Phillips called on the Government to review legislation on nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, amid concerns the drug is being misused.
IRELAND
Deadly laughing gas ‘imported by Eastern European criminal gangs’: Eastern European crime gangs are suspected of the mass-importation of 'laughing gas' canisters being sold on Irish streets for as little as €1, and which have been linked to the deaths of at least two teenagers.
Risk of nitrous oxide use: Dr Elizabeth Ogunjimi, Psychiatry Registrar at the HSE Youth Drug and Alcohol Service, highlights the risks — including of death — associated with the use of nitrous oxide, also known ‘laughing gas’ or ‘hippie crack’.
One in four drug users at festivals now get high on laughing gas - TD: Legislation must be introduced to limit the sale of nitrous oxide or ‘laughing gas’, Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins has said.
'Shameful Oliver Bond rave highlights need for crackdown on nitrous oxide 'laughing gas' says TD: Empty cannisters of the drug - known as 'hippy crack' and 'laughing gas' littered the children's play area of the flats in the aftermath of all-night street party that left fearful residents 'too scared to even look out their windows'.
FRANCE
France may ban 'laughing gas' sale to minors as usage grows: France may soon ban the sale of nitrous oxide capsules - known as “laughing gas” - to minors, as national health body Anses launches a study into the chemical’s increased use and possible neurological side effects.
USA
Plea hearing set for driver in fatal 2019 ‘huffing’ crash (WI): A plea hearing is scheduled to be held next month for the 37-year-old Wausau man accused of causing a fatal crash last year.
Man In Custody After Huffing Aerosol Chemicals, Ramming Car Into Police Car (OK): A suspect was arrested late Tuesday night after huffing aerosol chemicals and ramming his car into a police cruiser during a standoff in Northwest Oklahoma City.
Naples woman arrested after smashing into EMS truck, inhaling aerosol, deputies say (FL): Deputies arrested a Naples woman after she was allegedly driving under the influence.
A driver was arrested for allegedly pulling a 'Dukes of Hazzard' stunt by jumping over a rising drawbridge (MI): Police told WDIV they suspect the driver was under the influence of "whippets," or canisters of nitrous oxide sometimes used as inhalants.
Mother and son huffing air dusters arrested after hit-and-run crash (WI): A 57-year-old Manitowoc woman and her 34-year-old son were arrested Wednesday afternoon after police suspect they were involved in a hit-and-run crash in which someone was hurt and also suspect they were huffing air duster cans.
Detroit's Whippit Problem: 25k Nitrous Cartridges Found Across Two Zip Codes (MI): Nitrous oxide use is a growing problem in Southwest Detroit, where volunteers say they've found nearly 25,000 whippit cartridges in less than a month of cleanup.
INDIA
Street children high on drugs need swift rehabilitation in pandemic time: In the second month of the lockdown, three minors barely in their teens fled from a quanrantine centre in search of intoxicants after seized with severe drug withdrawal symptoms.
BANGLADESH
Steps needed to curb rising juvenile delinquency in Chittagong: Akbarshah police station OC Mostafizur Rahman said that some homeless teenagers, after becoming addicted to sniffing glue, have taken to mugging to meet their addiction needs.
CHINA
Chen, J., Huang, Y., Chen, H. et al. Nitrite inhalants use, sexual behaviors and HIV/syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, China. Infect Dis Poverty 9, 127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00748-6.
FIJI
Sodelpa MP, Adi Litia, says that according to the National Substance Abuse Advisory Council, 1,634 cases of drugs and substance abuse in schools was recorded in 2019 and this was an increase in 16% compared to 1,058 cases in 2018 ... National Substance Abuse Advisory Council records in 2018 were alarming as 118 cases of marijuana possession, 11 cases of drug dealing, 95 cases of homebrew, 301 cases of glue-sniffing were recorded in schools.
