A can of grape-flavored nitrous oxide sits under State Sen. Brach Myers’ desk at the Louisiana Capitol. Leading up to this spring’s legislative session, Myers set out to discover how easy it was for ...

Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10 million metric tons were released into the ...

A way to detect laughing gas on people’s breath for at least an hour after use could be developed into a breathalyser-like test. As recreational use of laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, has increased in ...

Young people posting videos and photos of themselves inhaling the drug known as whippets have been going viral on social media, and although nitrous oxide—the substance the drugs are made from—is ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Young people are using nitrous oxide to get high at alarming rates, with colorful new ways to purchase the product, according to health experts, despite recent laws in Michigan ...

LANSING – A growing number of young people in Michigan are overdosing on nitrous oxide — a dangerous misuse of the same “laughing gas” that dentists use to sedate patients. Emergency departments ...