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Nitrous
Oxide
Also known
as...
gas, grocery store high, nigh, nitro,
nitrogen, buzz bomb, laughing gas,
shoot the breeze, whippets
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Nitrous Oxide, a gas used for anesthesia in dental surgery, is often inhaled
from small canisters used to make whipped cream (ìWhippitsî)
or is dispensed from larger tanks into balloons. Sometimes called ìlaughing
gas,î nitrous oxide produces immediate loss of motor control and
a floating sense of disconnected perceptions. Extended use can cause brain
damage, long-lasting numbness in the feet and hands and sometimes, suffocation.
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