Measures to tackle nitrous oxide use among young people and children should be included in the forthcoming national drug strategy, stakeholders have recommended. Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing ...

A coroner has found 19-year-old Piata Otufangavalu was “significantly impaired” when she crossed the centre line and collided with another car, killing herself and four others. Photo: WAIKATO TIMES An ...

A 30-year-old woman’s arrest reportedly turned combative Oct. 8, as St. Cloud police tried to take her into custody. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, a St. Cloud police officer responded to ...

Demi Lovato’s ex-fiancé Max Ehrich — who was arrested this week for allegedly abusing his mom — is going to rehab for nitrous abuse, which he claims started when he was kidnapped by gang members last ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — District Attorney Summer Stephan issued a public safety warning this week about a concerning rise in DUI cases involving nitrous oxide, also known as “whippets,” after an ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile mother is sharing a warning after her son was hospitalized in critical condition from what she says was long-term nitrous oxide abuse. Mobile County sheriff’s wife ...

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is used in medicine for analgesia and anesthesia. It is also used as a propellant for whipped cream canisters. Legally available in many jurisdictions with few restrictions, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Mothers delivering at Mercy Hospital Springfield now have a new option for managing pain during labor: nitrous oxide. Mercy recently began offering the new pain management method in ...

First Lady Casey DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins announced on Tuesday a major statewide undercover operation targeting the illegal sale of nitrous oxide. Inhaling "laughing gas" (as nitrous oxide is ...

Little rainfall is expected over the next few days. Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins joined law enforcement officials on Tuesday to announce ...

CHARLOTTE — It’s called nitrous oxide. You may know it as laughing gas. Dentists use it for pain relief. Others use it for a quick high. You can buy it legally. Social media promotes it, and it’s ...