Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Solvent & Gas Use Headlines - May and June 2022

 UK

Whitworth car flip: Nitrous oxide use and speed 'factors' in crash  A driver was "very fortunate" to walk away with "cuts and grazes" after "speed and the use of psychoactive substances" led to a car being flipped on to its roof, police have said.

NHS hospital worker struck off for inhaling laughing gas on duty She was spotted by other staff near to anaesthetic machines, with their nitrous oxide flowmeter turned up to a high level, three times in 2018 and 2019.

Teenager had nearly 600 nitrous oxide cannisters in his bedroom A teenager from Crediton was caught with nearly 600 cannisters of nitrous oxide when police raided his bedroom, a court heard. He also had cannabis with a street value of nearly £800.

Australia

‘Every day is a nightmare’: Teen’s death from sniffing deodorant  It has been three months since the ordinary Thursday afternoon when she found her 16-year-old daughter Brooke dead in her bedroom, lying face down and already stiff with a spray can of deodorant and a tea towel underneath her.

USA

Duluth woman settles 'huffing' lawsuit against 3M Nearly a decade after she was paralyzed by a driver who passed out while inhaling dust remover, a Duluth woman has settled her years-long legal battle against 3M.

Solvent & Gas Use Headlines - April 2022

 UK

Inquest held into death of 42-year-old man who was 'never nasty to anyone' A Great Yarmouth man died from a heart problem after inhaling butane gas, an inquest heard.

Nitrous oxide: Man arrested for inhaling laughing gas at car wheel A motorist who was caught by police inhaling laughing gas continued to do so as he was being questioned, Surrey Police have said.

USA

Woman huffed air duster spray, wrecked car with 6-year-old inside Justina M. Sauls admitted that she had huffed air duster spray in 2019 just prior to having an auto accident on I-44 in Jasper County with her 6-year-old daughter in the car.