Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Gas and Solvent Use headlines January to March 2024

 UK

Bolton: Man found deceased at home in Little Lever Police Coroners Officer Robert Struttman said a postmortem had been carried out and the causes of death were given as a sudden death with an underlying cause of solvent abuse.

Boy, 11, dies after viral social media 'chroming' challenge goes wrong Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington, 11, died after allegedly attempting a dangerous online stunt called 'chroming', which involves inhaling toxic chemicals such as aerosol cans

Heartbroken mum of student killed by laughing gas calls on ministers to make it class A drug The heartbroken mum said: 'Nitrous oxide can kill you. It should be a class A drug'

USA
Stabbing reported at Bozeman Walmart a man was 'huffing' canned air outside the store when he became agitated and reportedly attacked a bystander. The bystander then attempted to defend himself with a pocket knife, stabbing the man in the stomach resulting in non-life-threatening injuries.

Brazil 

Police investigate cause of death of 11-year-old boy in São Gabriel do Oeste In an interview with Idest, delegate Matheus Vital, responsible for the investigations, stated that the possible cause of death is inhalation of aerosol deodorant.