PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers passed legislation making it more difficult for minors to purchase nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. The bill requires anyone purchasing nitrous oxide ...

VISTA, Calif. — A nine-year-old girl died in March from "methemoglobinemia in the setting of recent nitrous oxide administration" following dental surgery in Vista, the Medical Examiner's Office ...

The death of a 9-year-old girl just hours after a March visit to a Vista dentist was an accident and caused by a rare medical condition after she was given nitrous oxide and other medications when ...

The Homer Glen Village Board voted Wednesday to ban nitrous oxide sales after village officials learned some people buy the product in tobacco and vape stores for recreational drug use. Nitrous oxide ...

Products known as 'whippets' were banned on Suquamish reservation land in 2025, and now a law prohibits their sale across ...

The Tennessee General Assembly has approved legislation to ban the retail sale of nitrous oxide products, commonly known as ...

A common sedative sometimes taken to get high is becoming deadlier. Research out this week finds that annual U.S. deaths caused by nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or whippits, have ...

Nitrous oxide used for sedating patients during dental appointments has a significant environmental impact, with wide variation in use and wastage across the UK, according to a new study by UCL ...

EDWARDSVILLE — The attorney for business owner Zachariah Yinger, who was charged Sept. 19 with selling nitrous oxide as a recreational drug in both Madison and St. Clair counties, claims that Yinger ...