The low cost and easy availability of recreational nitrous oxide makes it an easy drug of choice, particularly for young people.
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People are becoming more aware of the health risks of laughing gas, but fewer people realise it’s a potent greenhouse gas.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says sale and possession of laughing gas for recreational use should not be banned.
Two neurologists report on the rising cases of paralysis due to nitrous oxide abuse they have encountered in recent times.
In 2001, the average age of death from a volatile substance was 28. By 2020, it had risen to 46.
Sir Humphry Davy was the Professor Brian Cox of the 1800s.
From medical use to getting high on balloons, nitrous oxide is in popular demand.
Carbon dioxide is the “face” of the greenhouse gases, but nitrous oxide (N2O) merits its own spotlight. The same “laughing gas” once used by dentists as an anaesthetic and used today by people looking…
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