While city officials originally moved to crackdown on kratom and whippets, they instead banned nitrous oxide for recreational use – more commonly known as whippets.

CHARLOTTE — It’s called nitrous oxide. You may know it as laughing gas. Dentists use it for pain relief. Others use it for a quick high. You can buy it legally. Social media promotes it, and it’s ...

More people are getting addicted to nitrous oxide, which can cause nerve damage, paralysis and even death. The U.S Food and Drug Administration has put out a new warning about the danger of inhaling ...

CS/SB 432 would make it illegal for licensed tobacco and nicotine dealers, along with their employees or agents, to possess, ...

A San Francisco supervisor is calling for a city-wide ban of the sale of nitrous oxide, a gas that can be ingested ...

A common sedative sometimes taken to get high is becoming deadlier. Research out this week finds that annual U.S. deaths caused by nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or whippits, have ...

Inappropriate disposal of the cylinders also causes greenhouse gas emissions. Metro estimates at least 100 vape and smoke ...

Amid this widespread availability, fatal nitrous oxide poisonings have surged, leading several California counties to place ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — It’s not hard to find a smoke shop these days. From city corners to neighborhoods, they’re popping up everywhere and many sell e-cigarettes, vape products, cigars, ...