If inhaling directly from tanks or crackers (a handheld device used to ‘crack’ a nitrous oxide bulb/whippet), the gas is intensely cold (minus 40 degrees Celsius) and can cause frostbite to the nose, ...

What was once a relatively harmless dental anesthetic and a novelty at parties has quietly transformed into a pervasive and ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on Wednesday advising consumers not to inhale nitrous oxide products sold in ...

Once called "hippie crack," nitrous oxide is making ... and names such as Whip-It, Four20 or Galaxy Gas. "A kid with a debit card can order cases of it from Amazon or even tanks, sort of medical ...

HealthDay News — The US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning consumers against the recreational use of any flavor of nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) from canisters, tanks ...

Between 2019 and 2024, data shows that emergency responses related to nitrous oxide misuse have surged. Calls to Michigan's ...

Inside the store, huge colorful tanks of nitrous oxide line ... KGW reached out to three of the largest nitrous oxide producers: Space Gas, Infuzd and Whip It! None of the companies responded.

State health department reports a dramatic increase in emergency cases involving laughing gas, which is legally available but ...

However, tanks purchased online and in person ... can easily skirt this restriction by advertising nitrous oxide for the purposes of making whipped cream, for example. “So, when a product ...

Outside of medical settings, nitrous oxide can be used as a food additive in products like whipped cream ... If inhaled directly from a tank or handheld device used to crack a nitrous oxide ...

Mehling walked out with a 2.2L tank of nitrous oxide. At the next vape shop on 8th Avenue, Mehling asked for something different: whipped cream chargers. “Just to check - this has the nitrous ...

The new county ordinance bans all sales of nitrous oxide in the county’s unincorporated areas, unless it’s to a licensed ...