Children as young as 11 are turning up at school : Canisters of the gas epidemic

[arista]

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Canisters of the gas cost as little as 50p. Users get a buzz that makes them feel relaxed and euphoric.

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[Eastender Lorna Fitzgerald appears to have a nitrous oxide balloon ]

[Children as young as 11
are turning up at school
out of their minds on drugs
as a legal high epidemic
sweeps the country. ]


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Jack Grealish partying with pals

[Crimson Dynamo]

bad news for Globophobics

[Smithy]

Children as young as 11 are turning up at school

OH NO!!!

[armand.kay]

welp i was at a party a while ago and some Chinese kid kept going out to phill ha ballon and get high off it.

[armand.kay]

At first thought he was trying to make his voice squeaky with with helium.

[armand.kay]

Nawt Abbie Branning :worry:

[Northern Monkey]

Been going on years.Nothing new.I've had teenagers ask me to go in shops and get em a can of gas or lighter fluid years ago.I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.

[Marsh.]

Been going on years.Nothing new.I've had teenagers ask me to go in shops and get em a can of gas or lighter fluid years ago.I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.

Yeah, when I was 11 all we wanted to do was sniff bags of glue. :umm2:

[Kazanne]

Been going on years.Nothing new.I've had teenagers ask me to go in shops and get em a can of gas or lighter fluid years ago.I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.

No,have to say,I never did:smug:

[bots]

Been going on years.Nothing new.I've had teenagers ask me to go in shops and get em a can of gas or lighter fluid years ago.I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.

Solvent abuse didn't exist when I was a lad :laugh:

We did however, ask older people to buy us beer from the off license :hehe:

[Suze]

Been going on years.Nothing new.I've had teenagers ask me to go in shops and get em a can of gas or lighter fluid years ago.I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.

Slovent?

I can honestly say I never did, and not even solvent abuse either.

[armand.kay]

Yeah, when I was 11 all we wanted to do was sniff bags of glue. :umm2:
explains a lot http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/random/mskt8j_zpsfb323382.gif

[arista]

Been going on years.Nothing new.I've had teenagers ask me to go in shops and get em a can of gas or lighter fluid years ago.I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.


Yes but of late some have got bad stuff
in the gas

So it can Fecking Kill You

[Marsh.]

explains a lot http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/random/mskt8j_zpsfb323382.gif

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[Jessica.]

I'm sure we all tried some kind of slovent abuse as a kid,I know i did.

What a ridiculous statement, I definitely didn't.

Solvent abuse can cause all kinds of problems and health issues, it's not just a passing phase like doing a bit of graffitti at the back of the bus or something. I've seen people affected by it when I was younger and going to school, just like in the story. Why are the parents of this generations SO LAZY? I don't understand..

[kirklancaster]

And some morons want to lower the age for voting. :shrug: Is it any wonder we are trapped in a game of political musical chairs with only 2 corrupt, inefficient, self-serving parties playing for the PM seat?

[AnnieK]

When I was at school sniffing gas from an aerosol was something a lot of people did. I did do it....didn't see the harm. Until one day one of the lads didn't come into school. He had been snuffing gas and died. ....One of the cool kids. That craze went quiet pretty quick after that.

This new craze though.....isn't it nitrous oxide which is what women have on labour?

[T*]

And some morons want to lower the age for voting. :shrug: Is it any wonder we are trapped in a game of political musical chairs with only 2 corrupt, inefficient, self-serving parties playing for the PM seat?

Hey, just because, well, some of them have less braincells than others doesn't mean that it should ruin potentially voting earlier for the rest of us :nono:

[Jayson]

Mate of mine was completely straight edge until he did a whip it a few years ago, started acting like the drug king and bragging about how he'd done a drug for weeks afterwards

There's my input

[Kizzy]

Solvent abuse does seem to go in fashions as such, tippex thinner, glue, lighter fuel, gas and now these.
You can't demonise all 'yoofs' for doing it or parents for not being able to stop their kid being affected by it.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yeah, when I was 11 all we wanted to do was sniff bags of glue. :umm2:

yes, glue sniffing was quite the thing when i was wee

that and aerosols and dying

[Vicky.]

Don't blame them tbh, the buzz I get off the gas and air the ambulance regularly have to give me for my ribs is absolutely amazing. Almost worth the pain..

My little brother was doing 'oxygen' at the last festival he went to

Also this really is not new. When I was at school people would do anything to get high (mind maybe not at 11, 13/14 ish). Some of my mates huffed nail varnish. I tried gas once myself and it did nothing but make my tooth really numb so I don't think I did it right :laugh:

[Northern Monkey]

Slovent?

I can honestly say I never did, and not even solvent abuse either.

Thank for highlighting my inadequacies whilst typing on my phone:laugh:

[Northern Monkey]

Don't blame them tbh, the buzz I get off the gas and air the ambulance regularly have to give me for my ribs is absolutely amazing. Almost worth the pain..

My little brother was doing 'oxygen' at the last festival he went to

Also this really is not new. When I was at school people would do anything to get high (mind maybe not at 11, 13/14 ish). Some of my mates huffed nail varnish. I tried gas once myself and it did nothing but make my tooth really numb so I don't think I did it right :laugh:

My point exactly.Most kids were trying to get wrecked on something at school back in my day(90's).I smoked weed from 13 until around 20 when it started making me feel like crap and i got zero enjoyment from it.

[Northern Monkey]

Solvent abuse does seem to go in fashions as such, tippex thinner, glue, lighter fuel, gas and now these.
You can't demonise all 'yoofs' for doing it or parents for not being able to stop their kid being affected by it.

I agree.

[empire]

kids these days are more dumber than ever.

[Ninastar]

kids these days are more dumber than ever.

They are also ruder than ever and its a true shame.

[Ammi]

..Arista, do you have a link for it/I couldn't see one..I just wanted to read the full article of it being a growing thing in 11 year olds...

[arista]

..Arista, do you have a link for it/I couldn't see one..I just wanted to read the full article of it being a growing thing in 11 year olds...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6428170/Deadly-legal-high-craze-sweeping-Britain.html

[Ammi]

..thank you Arista, I'm going offline now so I'll look at it a bit later...

[Nedusa]

I think this is Nitrous Oxide N2O or Laughing gas, similar to what the dentist give you. It does have a very short acting euphoric effect.

Not as harmful as sniffing glue but still not something I would be happy for my children to do.

[kirklancaster]

Hey, just because, well, some of them have less braincells than others doesn't mean that it should ruin potentially voting earlier for the rest of us :nono:

Yeah Tom - I will give you that. A lot of young people are mature, and just as intelligent and knowledgeable as any youth in any other era. The trouble is that most of them seem to be Tibb members judging by the mindless morons in our town and city centres every weekend, and the evidence of numerous reality documentaries and other media articles.

Be honest now Tom :laugh: A lot of UK 'Yoof' think an 'Election' is a Chinese Hard On.

[kirklancaster]

I think this is Nitrous Oxide N2O or Laughing gas, similar to what the dentist give you. It does have a very short acting euphoric effect.

Not as harmful as sniffing glue but still not something I would be happy for my children to do.

Do you mean like pre-Election promises from the Tories and Labour? :laugh:

[MTVN]

11 is obviously too young to be doing stuff like this but laughing gas is pretty harmless and gives a very short-lasting effect, a lot of bars in Europe have will openly sell it with no issue. Seems to be quite a recent sensationalism around it with all this about it being a "deadly legal high" and "hippy crack"

[Kizzy]

Nobody's making money from it yet that's why, they'll brand it and then suddenly I'll be safe.

[kirklancaster]

Nobody's making money from it yet that's why, they'll brand it and then suddenly I'll be safe.

Cynical but perfectly true Kizzy. Nothing is more long term dangerous or potentially addictive than tobacco and alcohol, but these are legit because of the incredible revenues they bring in for our Chancellor.