Solvent & Gas Use Headlines November and December 2022

 UK

Blackburn gas addict flicked cigarette at shopkeeper A WOMAN blew cigarette smoke in a shopkeeper's face and then threw the cigarette at him in a dispute over her change.

'Stupid' teenager huffed balloons during high speed police chase then reversed into officer Rio Gregory, 18, was given a suspended prison sentence for causing actual bodily harm to a police officer

Ireland

Dad urges Government to copy UK plans to ban laughing gas ahead of son's inquest THE FATHER of a young man who died from a seizure involving nitrous oxide has called for Ireland to follow the UK in taking action to restrict the substance.

USA

NC woman sentenced to prison after DA says she caused fatal crash being high on Dust-Off Authorities said the crash was caused by the woman being high on prescription medications and a cleaning spray known as Dust-Off, which contains difluoroethane, a colorless, liquefied hydrocarbon gas.

Brazil

Valinhos child dies after participating in the “deodorant challenge” The 8-year-old boy, from Valinhos, who became intoxicated after participating in the game called “deodorant challenge” died this Saturday (5).

Argentina

A 12-year-old boy died, they suspect that he inhaled air deodorant The teenager was at a meeting with friends when he suddenly had a decompensation. The Río Gallegos Police urgently transferred him to the Regional Hospital, but they could not revive him.

Solvent & Gas Use Headlines October 2022

 UK

A young man had inhaled nitrous oxide at the wheel before driving his car into barriers in Sheffield city centre and dying, an inquest heard. Junaid Latif was also speeding when he crashed on Moore Street as he headed towards the roundabout at St Mary’s Gate...

Northwich teen in court for driving after using laughing gas A TEENAGER has been banned from driving and fined more than £400 for getting behind the wheel after taking laughing gas.

Spain

16 year old girl found dead in a park A girl 16 years old is dead after voluntarily inhaling the butane gas commonly used as a refill for lighters but also, increasingly, to get a ‘high’.

Australia

Harrowing account of how a teenager desperately tried to bring his mate, 16, back to life after he suffered a seizure from inhaling deodorant at a sleepover The tragic final moments of a boy who died from inhaling aerosol deodorant while having a sleepover at his friend's house have been revealed as a doctor admitted any medical efforts to save his life were 'too late'.