Drug related deaths are now at their highest levels since records began in England and Wales. In 2017, there were 56 ecstasy deaths, each new tragedy generating headlines and leading to calls for ...

Drugs such as cocaine and cannabis are seldom out of the headlines, but it is rare to read about another class of drugs - volatile substances. Volatile substances cover a range of gases and chemicals ...

The death of an Australian teen has exposed a dangerous new drug craze that is growing in popularity and threatening the lives of young people. Esra Haynes has become the tragic face of “chroming”, a ...

Of the nine volatile substance abuse deaths in under-18 year olds in 2003, six were associated with butane cigarette lighter refills, the sale of which to under-18s is prohibited by legislation. In ...

Jim Anderton today congratulated Wellington City Council on the up-and-coming launch of Wellington’s New Zealand Retailers Code of Practice – Sensible Selling: Reducing Volatile Substance Misuse, this ...

RECENTLY, we experienced difficulties with the automatic analysis by gas chromatography of a process stream consisting of a liquid mixture of organic chemicals. These arose because traces of ...