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 ...

Laughing gas may make you giggle, but the legal implications are no joke. As courts begin to scrutinize the marketing of nitrous oxide, a substance long associated with harmless fun, a new lawsuit is ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is warning residents about a dramatic increase in emergency health care incidents because of the recreational use of nitrous oxide. MDHHS ...

A bill (SB 432) that would prohibit the over-the-counter sales of nitrous oxide in Florida is on its way to the governor’s ...

Nitrous oxide, otherwise known as ‘laughing gas’, has deflated in popularity among Brits in recent years, but sightings of silver canisters and people inhaling balloons are not uncommon in the capital ...

CHARLOTTE — 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 ...

In chemistry, the chemical nomenclature of ionic and molecular compounds uses a systematic approach of prefixes to indicate the number of each element present in the compound. This chemical naming of ...

Smoke shops, head shops, corner stores and other businesses across the Dayton region sell legal nitrous oxide products that are marketed by the manufacturers as being for culinary use but are ...

Nitrous oxide, used to calm anxious dental patients, is contributing significantly to greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, with major differences in how it is used and wasted between services, ...

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 ...