Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every party needs balloons. These just happen to be filled with laughing gas. “We don’t do it that often. It’s funny for about 30 seconds,” said a ...

Smoke shops, head shops, corner stores and other businesses across the Dayton region sell legal nitrous oxide products that are marketed by the manufacturers as being for culinary use but are ...

It's no laughing matter: Kids and teens across America are increasingly inhaling nitrous oxide, better known as "laughing gas," to get high. Too often, this ends in tragedy. U.S. deaths linked to ...

Nitrous oxide may offer quick, short-term relief for people with major depression, especially those who haven’t responded to standard medications. The meta-analysis found rapid improvements after a ...

Nitrous oxide has long been used in dentist offices. Researchers found nitrous oxide-related fatalities in the U.S. spiked 578% in 14 years. The FDA issued an advisory in March regarding teens abusing ...

Laughing gas, the same substance dentists use to calm nervous patients, might offer a surprisingly fast way to ease severe depression. While typical antidepressants can take weeks to start working, ...

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published ...

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is used in medicine for analgesia and anesthesia. It is also used as a propellant for whipped cream canisters. Legally available in many jurisdictions with few restrictions, ...

State law already prohibits recreational nitrous oxide use and the sale of the gas to minors. Uptick in arrests, including of minors, and discovery of canisters littering streets and beaches were a ...

Patients with major depressive disorder, including those who have not responded to first-line antidepressants, may benefit from short-term nitrous oxide treatment, a major meta-analysis led by the ...