Recurring concern

Uncontrolled promotion and supply of substances for suicide

First to latest report 30 Jul 2024 — 9 Dec 2025

Reports that mention this concern
11
Times this concern has been raised
17
Stated actions linked to this concern
11

What this concern includes

Includes promotion or advertising for suicide use, sale or supply for that use, intended-use enquiries, transaction assessment, suspicious-purchase evaluation or reporting, quantity controls and end-user controls.

What is not included
  • Excludes assertions confined to vendor awareness, vendor-facing guidance or vendor training without a promotion, supply or transaction-control failure; those belong to the dedicated vendor-recognition parent.
  • Excludes generic suicide-prevention communication, mental-health support or online-content moderation where no substance promotion or supply control is identified.
  • Excludes lawful clinical use, prescribing, dispensing or treatment unless promotion or supply for suicide or self-harm is the unsafe condition.
  • Excludes clinical treatment after poisoning or overdose when promotion or supply was not deficient.

Reports and published responses 11 reports

See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response

  1. Nottinghamshire

    AI-generated summary

    Bethany Paige Langton · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Bethany Paige Langton, aged 22, was discovered deceased in her bedroom on 18 February 2023 after deliberately ingesting a substance sourced online with the intention of causing her death. The principal concerns were the substance’s easy online availability, limited awareness among businesses that it could be obtained for suicide, and the continued availability of online guidance about sourcing and using it for that purpose.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to require explanation of purchasers’ intended use of the substance

    Wider context from the report

    “1. The continued ease of availability of ████████ to members of the public. The substance is lethal when ingested, even in relatively small quantities. It’s use in suicide is increasing. The substance is readily available to purchase online without the need for any explanation of the purchaser’s intended use for the substance, or an end user certificate/licence to track where it is being distributed. ”

    Source location

    Bethany Paige Langton · Prevention of Future Deaths report
    Page 1 · concerns

    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to use end-user certification or licensing to track distribution of the substance

    Wider context from the report

    “1. The continued ease of availability of ████████ to members of the public. The substance is lethal when ingested, even in relatively small quantities. It’s use in suicide is increasing. The substance is readily available to purchase online without the need for any explanation of the purchaser’s intended use for the substance, or an end user certificate/licence to track where it is being distributed. ”

    Source location

    Bethany Paige Langton · Prevention of Future Deaths report
    Page 1 · concerns

    Open source report

Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.

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Data last updated 7 September 2026