Dendrite & Erazek Addiction on The Rise in India

From the Assam Tribune in India:

The article points out that “Dendrite” and “Erazex” addiction is on the rise in India.

“Dendrite is an adhesive used by carpenters and also for repairing punctured tyres. Erazex is a whitener fluid for correcting typing or writing errors.” Both contain toluene.

Inhalant Abuse Referenced in Murder Case

From the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minnesota:

The article describes a case in which a 14 year-old boy killed a 4 year-old girl. At the time the boy “became the youngest juvenile in Minnesota to be certified as an adult and sent to state prison.”

Now, “exactly 14 years to the day” the girl was killed, he is scheduled to be released.

The article also references the boy’s early use of inhalants:

He “told investigators he began abusing a head-spinning array of drugs and inhalants by age 11. He also "sniffed gasoline, Glade, paint thinner, Whiteout, spray paint, rubber and model cement,'' according to court papers.”

Correction Fluid Use in India

From the Economic Times in India:

The articles calls sniffing correction fluid a “silent but rapidly growing addictive item among adolescents.” A Pune-based school recently found four students abusing correction fluid-‘“using it as an inhalant to get a high.”

“The students who were caught revealed that they pour the whitener on a kerchief and use it as an inhalant. They also apply it on their nails and lick it. One of them said he got a high lasting for as long as three to four hours.”

Change to Student Handbook in Pennsylvania

From the Clearfield Progress in Pennsylvania:

The revised Glendale School District student handbook was officially approved by the school board last Monday---one of the new addictions concerns inhalants.

“Another major addition is under the drug and alcohol policy. The district has added whiteout to the list of inhalants. That category also includes gasses, solvents, butane, propane and adhesives.”