Researchers concerned about rise in nitrous oxide misuse, deaths in US Widespread availability, enticing marketing driving rise in misuse of addictive, deadly chemical Date: April 2, 2025 Source ...

Inhaling nitrous oxide from Galaxy Gas products is the latest trend among kids who misuse laughing gas for a quick high. Here’s what parents should know.

A little over a year ago, INESSS published a notice recommending switching to a much less polluting anesthetic gas in order ...

As of May 2025, four U.S. states – Louisiana, Michigan, Alabama and California – have banned the recreational use of nitrous oxide, and more than 30 states are working on legislation to ban or ...

Despite a recent Food and Drug Administration warning against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, deaths due to misusing the substance are on the rise in the United States.

Teenagers are inhaling canisters of nitrous oxide sold under the brand name Galaxy Gas The brightly colored canisters are used to make airy whipped creams, but can cause “life-threatening health ...

Nitrous oxide, which has been misused as a recreational drug for decades, has a new name on social media: Galaxy Gas. Galaxy Gas, a vendor in Georgia, sells canisters of nitrous oxide that it says ...

A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that nitrous oxide — a gas that is 300 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide — is steadily increasing in the atmosphere.

Nitrous oxide has become a go-to method to increase speed in vehicles. Many drag racers love it, but Jeff and Perry believe it is the fastest way to ruin your car.

Although no Canadian agencies track nitrous oxide use, evidence of substantial recreational use is apparent in Toronto and Montréal. 9, 10 Large quantities of nitrous oxide and associated ...

The sweet, odorless gas technically called nitrous oxide has many names: laughing gas, galaxy gas, hippy crack, whippets, even “the atmosphere of heaven.” Nitrous itself has just as many ...