Man Huffs Cyanide, Deputies Decontaminated

From St. Augustine Record in Florida:

Last Thursday police encountered a ”despondent” man huffing cyanide at 11:30 pm in a beachside parking lot.  The man “told deputies he had crystallized sodium cyanide” (a highly toxic compound that can be fatal if enough is inhaled.)

As first responders evaluated the man, two deputies “started showing symptoms of chemical poisoning, such as vomiting, shortness of breath, burning eyes and headaches” and they and their vehicles had to be decontaminated.

Police noted that “in 22 years in law enforcement this was the first he'd heard of someone using cyanide on themselves.”