No Laughing Matter

How flammable is laughing gas?

Ah, the old rave days (think 90's and candy kids) That stuff was the bomb!! I recall knowing at least 5 guys who'd buy it wholesale and actually make a killing going to a non-regulated rave (which back then..... were most of them.)
Personally, I must have popped at least 20 boxes of the whip cream cartridges I bought from the bakery. I was doing it all the time for like a month, then it got boring. But I knew a guy who had pancreantitis and ordered it by the case to do it all day.....
I guess in some ways it would be better then more highly addictive pain medications for patients.

the people i hang with, call it "Hippy Crack". and i used to binge on it when ever the cartridges were on sale($13-$20 for 25 cartidgases). it is a Dissociative Anaesthetic Gas, that causes a high by basicly giving you a short term(1-2min) fever in your brain. as your brain cells overheat there function is disrupted and gives a wide range of effects like out of body experiences, euphoria, numbness/tingling, distortion or sound, sight and feelings. it causes mood swings and with repeated use there is a slight tolerance built up and a desire to do more right away(reason we called it hippy crack). it has a very distinctive auditory effect that anyone who has done it will recognize as a wha wha wha sound. like the sounds of the world are fading in and out.

when using it my friends and i note that our lips turn blue. And it is not uncommon to pass out for a short time from both the drug and lack of oxygen. if you dont pass out you will be verry clumbsy and unable to talk or just spit out gibberish due to the dissosiative effect. a dissosiative blocks one part of the brain from comunicating properly with onother part of the brain. Look at this site for more info from both sides of the arrgument and use of the drug. http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/nitrous/nitrous.shtml and this page for the effects and duration of the high. http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/nitrous/nitrous_effects.shtml

Have fun, educate yourself and be safe.

if the rush is caused by lack of oxygen to the brain, surely if someone held their breath the same effect would be achieved

this is probably the worst drug out there when it comes to the high to risk ratio (tied with coke; anything harder i haven't tried). the high only lasts for a minute or so and the loss of oxygen really has a lot of affect. i've only done it a couple of times so i don't know the long term affects but after you do it sometimes you get major headaches. the blacking out is also a sign that this stuff isn't worth it.

Nitrous Oxide is used medically world wide in children with life theratening persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. It is an absoulte life savor. it caost approximately $3000.00/day The indication is used often post surgey in infanst wit major deformations of the heart inclduing transposition of the great vessels, ASD, and other heart defects in Childern from age 6 months to 18 yrs.

Recreational use is dangerous without question.

Genius and both sides well presented.
I learnt the hard way after a binge in Wales that some mind noodling effects can last for quite a while after a prolonged balloon battering session.,
Never again - well, until the next festival.

That guy who was selling them at the festival was a straight up addict. He can rationalize and justify it all he likes He is selling and doing 40 balloons a day and the way he sat sucking on that balloon was actions of someone who is addicted. I can assure you I know as I was addicted for 20 years. I have 12 years clean. I never tried this. I can not see a lot of sense in doing something that takes my oxygen away and leaves me purple and basically brain dead for any amount of time.
It should be illegal It is dangerous and that should be grounds right there.

As someone who lives drug-free, it amazes me what people will do for that minute or half-minute of....whatever they call it.

I wonder if they will heed the doctor's cautions.

Great pod, Ben.