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Weekly Dose: from laughing parties to whipped cream, nitrous oxide's on the rise as a recreational drug

  • Written by Julaine Allan, Senior Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
imageNitrous oxide inhaled out of a balloon gives the user euphoric feelings. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Nang is a slang name for the small metal cylinders usually used in whipped cream siphons. They are also called nossies or whippets. The cylinders have about eight grams of nitrous oxide in them that can be inhaled for a euphoric effect.

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