A popular party drug that has for years proliferated around nightclubs and music festivals is now outlawed in Louisiana. Act 248 bans businesses in the state from selling nitrous oxide and other ...

Dr. David Gortler is a pharmacologist, pharmacist, and senior fellow in public health policy and regulation with the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. He is a former ...

Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, watches a vote in the Alabama Senate on Feb. 13, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Weaver said the proposed ban on recreational sale and possession ...

For some young people, a popular method for getting a quick high is by misusing laughing gas — and lately, that’s in the form of nitrous oxide from products sold by the company Galaxy Gas. Those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurora city leaders are advancing a measure that would ban or enforce rules around selling psychoactive substances like nitrous ...

Galaxy Gas may sound like something found in a gaseous location like Saturn, Jupiter or Uranus. But in this case, it’s the brand name of a nitrous oxide-filled cartridge that’s designed to convert ...

To judge by the shelves of America’s vice merchants, the nation is in the grips of a whipped-cream frenzy. Walk into any vape store or sex shop, and you’ll find canisters of nitrous oxide showcased in ...

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published ...

In November, Bob Bryar, the 44-year-old former drummer for the emo band My Chemical Romance, was found dead in his Tennessee home. Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor ...