It's called nitrous oxide. You may know it as laughing gas. Dentists use it for pain relief. Others use it for a quick high. You can buy it legally. Social media promotes it, and it's widely available ...

The patient admitted last fall to the University of Florida’s addiction treatment center had worked as a professional pilot. But months of abusing nitrous oxide, an anesthesia gas that can induce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Redding doctor is sounding alarms to city officials and health workers about recreational misuse of an old drug that put seven ...

Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill to restrict sales and use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, a product linked to at least five deaths in Shelby County last year. The gas canisters are ...

A way to detect laughing gas on people’s breath for at least an hour after use could be developed into a breathalyser-like test. As recreational use of laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, has increased in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Producers and sellers of recreational nitrous oxide are giving this dangerous product a false sheen of safety and regulation when the harsh reality is ...

Nitrous oxide has been used for nearly 200 years for anesthesia and pain relief. Dentists often administer "laughing gas" to people undergoing tooth extractions, root canals and other procedures, ...

An investigation is underway in Uniontown, Fayette County, after police said a man was found dead in his car with a can of ...

Abuse of the gas that can be bought in smoke shops and gas stations is leading to a surge in death and addiction, Florida expert warns. The Food and Drug Administration has issued repeated warnings on ...

A Redding doctor is warning officials about the recreational misuse of nitrous oxide after seven people were hospitalized. Inhaling nitrous oxide can deplete vitamin B12, leading to severe health ...

A Redding doctor is sounding alarms to city officials and health workers about recreational misuse of an old drug that put seven people in the hospital this autumn — five with spinal cord degenerated.