"Galaxy Gas" is a new spin on an old drug — nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas or by the nickname "whippets." Marketed in colorful cylinders as whipped cream chargers, with flavors ...

The sweet, odorless gas technically called nitrous oxide has many names: laughing gas, galaxy gas, hippy crack, whippets, even “the atmosphere of heaven.” Nitrous itself has just as many ...

Whippets aren’t risk-free; they can cause fainting or cardiac arrest when using other depressants or stimulant drugs. If ...

West Virginia University issued a notice on Monday warning the campus community of an increase in injuries from “inhalant ...

The Government announced a crackdown on using nitrous oxide recreationally in September. It was a response to anecdotal ...

A social media trend features people using nitrous oxide (also known as "whippets"). The gas is a mild sedative and is often addictive and can lead to serious nervous system consequences. Louisiana ...

Balloons of nitrous oxide have been sold in the parking lots of jam band concerts and at raves for decades, earning them nicknames such as “whippets” and “hippie crack.” Unlike in medical ...

A company that sells flavored whippets for culinary use has found a fanbase among the Gen Z clout chasers of TikTok — and they’re not baking cakes. Galaxy Gas sells food-grade nitrous oxide ...

The trend of inhaling nitrous oxide canisters, also known as "whippets," has found a new following with the Galaxy Gas brand that markets these products in colorful canisters with enticing flavors ...

Officials say “whippets,” or inhalant drugs ... by authorities as “inhalant abuse,” – when people huff nitrous oxide (N2O) to get high. The drug can cause psychosis and in some cases ...

There are also plenty of U.S.-based websites that sell “whippets,” which are an “8-gram charge of 100% pure nitrous oxide,” and happily ship them to Canadian addresses, dutifully charging ...