The Government has announced plans to ban nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas Michael Gove, who has previously admitted to using cocaine, confirmed the policy today ahead of a new strategy to tackle anti-social behaviour ⬇️ NickMDuffy explains
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, who has previously admitted to using cocaine,He said use of the drug had become a “scourge” as he vowed a “crackdown on new manifestations of drug-taking”.Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, or sometimes “hippy crack”, is a chemical compound combining nitrogen and oxygen.
It is also used recreationally – typically inhaled in balloons filled from small canisters, for short-lived feelings of euphoria, relaxation and calmness. In the UK, nitrous oxide is the second most popular recreational drug after cannabis among 16-to-24-year-olds. He said: “I think anyone who has the opportunity to walk through our parks in our major cities will have seen these little silver canisters, which are examples of people not only spoiling public spaces but taking a drug which can have a psychological and neurological effect and one that contributes to anti-social behaviour overall.”
He added: “We can’t have a situation, we mustn’t have a situation where our drugs, our public spaces become drug-taking arenas and that is why we need to crack down on new manifestations of drug-taking.”
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