Police in the United Kingdom are warning about a dangerous new trend of teens lighting plastic garbage cans on fire and inhaling their fumes.
Authorities were prompted to speak out about the bizarre new craze after several "extremely dangerous" incidents were reported in the Greater Manchester area, the Mirror reports.
Dyes used to make the trash cans - more commonly known as wheelie bins in the U.K. - emit a fume when lit on fire that can produce a high when inhaled, much like other solvents such as glue or gas. Fumes from the plastic bins, however, are "highly toxic" and reportedly more dangerous than other solvents.
Also at The Sun and Manchester Evening News.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 02 2019, @12:38AM
I still see this regularly at concerts at a certain venue. Up in the amphitheater (grass) when the mosh pits happen, people will make huge pits of trash (they don't serve beers in glass out there) and light them on fire, and then mosh around them and jump across them and shit.
It's not huffing it directly straight to the face but it is inhaling some and getting the nasty smoke all over your clothes, food, and drinks.