Lawmakers Attempt to Legalize Huffing is Rejected

Via: Sentinel Source

A bill to legalize huffing was reviewed and rejected by the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee. Lawmakers who co-sponsored the bill claimed that a huffing violation is the equivalent of a traffic ticket; therefore, it does nothing.

Man Semi-Conscious After Huffing

via NH1

A New Hampshire man appeared to be huffing when a report was made to the police. A police officer found the man semi-conscious. He was arrested after paramedics were called to the scene. His court date is set for early next month.

New Hampshire Man Arrested for Huffing, Assaulting Police Officer, and Resisting Arrest

via http://www.nh1.com

"Police said a man was found "huffing" in his car sitting in a parking lot.

Wednesday afternoon, police responded to the parking lot of the Colonial Plaza in West Lebanon to find a 26-year-old man passed out in his parked car. Police also saw several cans of computer duster in the car with the man when they tried to wake him.

The man then grabbed one of the duster cans and began to inhale the vapors. Police ordered him to stop, trying to take the can away from him, but he then slammed the door on the officer and continued to inhale the vapor.

The man was evaluated at the scene and charged with simple assault on a police officer and resisting arrest - both Class A misdemeanors. He was also charged with inhaling toxic vapors for effect - a violation level offense.

Vermont Man Pleads Guilty to Huffing Behind the Wheel

Via the Burlington Free Press in Vermont:

A 19 year old man has pleaded guilty to huffing behind the wheel, resulting in the death of a 56 year old New Hampshire man.

The accident occurred June 30^th of last year. The driver hit the motorcyclist, causing him to roll onto the hood of the car and then under a wheel. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital.  The car's passenger later told police they had both huffed computer dusting spray while driving.  

 

At the driver’s arraignment last August the judge ordered the defendant released on the condition he attend a residential treatment program. In exchange for his guilty plea yesterday the prosecution agreed to “drop a charge of gross negligent operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death and to argue, at sentencing, for no more than a five-year prison sentence.” At the man’s sentencing next month he can argue for a suspended sentence of 15 years and no prison time.

New Hampshire Driver Arrested After Abusing Inhalants Behind The Wheel

Via WMUR in New Hampshire:

A 25 year old woman was arrested and charged with operating under the influence after an inhalant related crash.

Around 10:05 am the woman’s car  “veered into the parking lane, sideswiping a parked vehicle before rear-ending a second parked vehicle, with the collision’s impact sending it into a third parked vehicle.” A can of computer duster was found in the front seat of the car and the driver was allegedly huffing the product immediately before the crash.

3 New Hampshire Girls Hospitalized for Huffing pronounced 'All fine' - New Hampshire

via seacoastonline.com

This article is a follow-up on the the 3 students who intentionally inhaled vapors from air horns on a school bus as they were riding to the school last Thursday morning. The 3 teenage-females who were hospitalized last week as a result of huffing have been pronounced 'OK' and 'All fine.'

3 New Hampshire Girls Hospitalized for Huffing

Via seacoastonline.com

3 Portsmouth teenagers were hospitalized after huffing vapors from air horns. The girls huffed the vapors on the school bus.  According to the report, once at school teachers noticed the girls were acting "out of the ordinary" and were sent to the school nurse.  The school nurse, with the advice of poison control, called police to have the girls taken to the hospital.  According to police at least one of the girls showed signs of an overdose.  All three girls may be facing criminal charges.

Man Arrested for Huffing in Wal-Mart

Via the Union Leader in New Hampshire:

Police arrested a man after Wal-Mart employees found him huffing compressed gas in the store. He passed out but had woken up and was huffing the product when police arrived. He was taken to the hospital for observation and charged with “inhaling toxic vapors for effect, disorderly conduct and willful concealment.”

Taken Into Custody Three Times in One Night for Inhalant Abuse

Via the Laconia Daily Sun in New Hampshire:

A 38 year-old man was taken into custody three times in one night for inhalant abuse related incidents.

At 1:13 pm last Friday he was taken into protective custody after someone called police to report the man was huffing from aerosol cans in his home. At 7:15 pm that evening police returned to the man’s home for the same reason.

At 10 pm police received a report of a man sitting in a local Dunkin Donuts “inhaling fumes from an aerosol can.” This time they charged him with violating the terms of his earlier release and when he refused bail, he was held over the weekend.

Woman Huffing Duster at Red Light

From the Eagle Tribune in North Andover, Massachusetts:

On Monday, a 35-year-old New Hampshire woman was arrested for huffing computer duster as she sat in her car at a stoplight.

The police report notes that when the light turned green, the officer behind her “beeped his horn but the car did not move.” When the officer pulled up alongside the car, he saw that the driver’s head was down and she was “placing the nozzle of the can into her mouth and depressing the trigger.”

She was arrested and charged with illegally inhaling toxic vapors. Besides the can she was inhaling, they found another full can in the car.

The officer also recognized her from a similar "huffing" incident last Friday in which she also was arrested.

NH Children Learn About Inhalants

From the Rockingham News in Exeter, NH:

Approximately 120 children recently attended a local D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) field day in New Hampshire.

From the following statement within the article it seems inhalant abuse was part of the discussion and the preventative message reached the children. Thank you D.A.R.E.

“As they wandered from exhibit to exhibit, Fremont fifth-graders Cameron Breton and Matt Dupras said they "learned a lot" in D.A.R.E."We learned how to say no to drugs," Matt said. And they learned why: "Drugs can affect your whole body," he said.Cam added, "Inhalants can kill you the first time you use them."