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But it didn't stay that way. Soon, the vape shops she frequented started selling something else: small silver canisters of nitrous oxide, better known as "laughing gas." Originally intended for ...

Rachel Kelly said that she was spending $220 or more per day on nitrous oxide in 2023 after first trying the drug in her early twenties, according to The Sun. Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing ...

LACONIA, N.H. (WVUE) - It’s a substance commonly referred to as “laughing gas,” but there’s nothing funny about what nitrous oxide is doing to people across the country. Sold in smoke ...

Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream. While its euphoric side effects ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans about the ever-increasing and potentially deadly recreational use of nitrous oxide products, particularly among young people. Marketed ...

Michigan had a five-fold increase in nitrous oxide-related poisonings and deaths in recent years, prompting a warning from local health officials. While the gas can be used safely as a general ...

Park Ridge resident Joan Sandrick addresses the Park Ridge City Council May 19, 2025, expressing concerns over nitrous oxide sales and use in the north suburban city. (Jesse Wright/for Pioneer Press).

CLYDE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A mother is calling for legal changes after her son, a U.S. Air Force veteran living in St. Clair County, died by suicide following what she describes as a devastating ...

Inside the store, huge colorful tanks of nitrous oxide line the shelves. It comes in fruity flavors like aloe grape, banana cream and blueberry lemonade. The gas is as convenient to buy as a bag ...

More information: Yanan Wang et al, Increasing soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate and fertilization change aggravate global ozone pollution, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...