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 ...

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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, ...

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – A business owner faces charges after police say his stores in Collinsville and Fairview Heights, Illinois, were selling nitrous oxide. High Life in Fairview Heights was still ...

Florida officials announced the arrest of 70 people for the illicit sale of nitrous oxide. Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and First Lady Casey DeSantis appeared together to highlight the arrests. Collins has ...

Police said they were not “chuckling” or “giggling” when they recently found dozens of nitrous oxide — also known as laughing gas — cans inside a Maserati in Orange County. “Nearly 90 canisters of ...

Abuse of the gas that can be bought in smoke shops and gas stations is leading to a surge in death and addiction, Florida expert warns. The Food and Drug Administration has issued repeated warnings on ...

A speeding drink-driver high on nitrous oxide caused a catastrophic crash on the Aston Expressway which killed a young man, a court heard. Saqlane Zafar was in a rented Audi SQ7 and doing more than ...

US deaths related to poisoning from the inhalant drug nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas or whippets, increased from 23 in 2010 to 156 in 2023 in a new study. Although mortality rates plateaued ...

State law already prohibits recreational nitrous oxide use and the sale of the gas to minors. Uptick in arrests, including of minors, and discovery of canisters littering streets and beaches were a ...