At a convenience store in South Boston, tall and colorful 1-liter canisters of nitrous oxide gas cover the front countertops.

Nitrous oxide is widely available as long as everyone pretends it’s being used for whipped cream. An industry has arisen to ...

A school teacher who has been collecting discarded nitrous oxide canisters blighting the verges of his local roads said he ...

It’s illegal in Indiana to knowingly distribute nitrous oxide as a drug, except for medical purposes. Although it does have a legal usage—to give whipped cream its fluffy texture—it is often ...

A bill would make it a crime to produce, manufacture, buy, or sell the products, sometimes called whippets, for the prohibited uses.

Nitrous oxide has legitimate medical uses as a sedative and is also used in the production of whipped cream. However, it can also be abused as a recreational drug. The commission is concerned some ...

Nitrous oxide is a short-acting sedative that ... nicknamed after aerosol chargers that propel whipped cream out of a canister. But some users, like the students Hurley referenced in the video ...

Food product manufacturers also use nitrous oxide, most commonly to create the many small bubbles that give whipped cream its light, foamy texture. When nitrous oxide enters your lungs ...

It can also be found in whipped cream canisters. The colorless gas can give users a sense of calm or a happy, giggly feeling. When used recreationally and not for its intended purpose, nitrous ...

Canisters of this gas, used for its psychotropic effects, tend to explode in waste management sites, costing between €15 and ...