Regular controlled doses of nitrous oxide can alleviate depression, a new study has found, but trying to "fix" yourself with ...

Nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, is quietly emerging as one of the most intriguing rapid-acting options for people whose depression has not budged with standard pills or talk therapy.

While most parents worry about their teens doing drugs, from marijuana and stimulants to alcohol, there are less obvious ones that can be happening right under their noses — namely, nitrous oxide, ...

Nitrous oxide “whippets,” canisters of laughing gas inhaled to get high, can be legally purchased in Nevada. Nevada is one of 32 states that makes recreational use of inhalants a misdemeanor, but does ...

The Metro Vancouver Regional District wants people to safely dispose of the canisters, which were recently flagged for recall by Health Canada because the gas is being used as a drug.

A case of oral frostbite injury in a 23-year-old man published in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted the dangers of recreational use of nitrous oxide, also known as whippets or laughing ...

For some young people, a popular method for getting a quick high is by misusing laughing gas - and lately, that's in the form of nitrous oxide from products sold by the company Galaxy Gas. Those ...

There is nothing like a big nitrous backfire to destroy a perfectly good test motor. This happened after the Internet nitrous guys insisted we subject an LS motor to the same treatment given our ...

Last week, I legally purchased a recreational drug powerful enough that it can cause blackouts, paralysis and even fatal brain damage. A seller was surprisingly easy to find — in almost any one of the ...

A day in history in need of revisiting Hartford, Connecticut 1844. Crowds had gathered for a traveling “laughing gas” ...