Kids are told, often by peers, that laughing gas won't harm them. They may believe it because there are no warnings plastered across whipped cream canisters in stores. You don't have to find a dealer, or even be 21, to get hold of the substance.
In 2018, a report published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry reported that 92% of teenagers in the UK who had heard of laughing gas 'were not aware of any side effects' associated with its use.
Now, governments are moving to regulate the substance. The UK passed a law in 2023 banning nitrous oxide. Louisiana became the first US state to sign a law prohibiting laughing gas from being sold in May 2024.
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