Hilarious gas probably bought from a food wholesaler. The police seized, this Friday, 5,500 cartridges of nitrous oxide, in a local of a social landlord of the district of Presles, in Soissons, in the Aisne, according to police sources. This gas used in kitchen siphons is diverted for its euphoric effects.
“There was no arrest, there will not be, because of the legal vacuum, but it is the satisfaction of having taken it off the circuit. This is already less, "said a police source to AFP, stressing the" health and public order issues "raised by the consumption of this gas.
No national ban
In the absence of a national ban, certain town halls have issued municipal decrees. Soissons has thus issued a decree prohibiting the sale to minors, detention by minors and its recreational use on the public highway.
Very easily accessible on the market, nitrous oxide, or "proto" or "laughing gas", is sold in the form of cartridges intended in particular for whipped cream siphons.
In its diverted use, the gas contained in the cartridges is poured into a balloon and then inhaled. A few inhalations cause a euphoria comparable to drunkenness, accompanied by an irrepressible laughter.
Risk of burns or suffocation
In December 2019, the Senate unanimously adopted at first reading a transpartisan bill aimed at prohibiting its sale to minors.
Among the immediate risks involved, health authorities cite cold burns on expelling gas, loss of consciousness, asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen… Regular use or in high doses can lead to “spinal cord injury, deficiency in vitamin B12, anemia, mental disorders ”.
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