All news on the topic: Nitrous Oxide

A record amount of ketamine seized at the UK border has reached a fifteen year high, as officials warn of “serious” health risks of using the drug.

A massive stash of party drugs has been discovered buried beneath Creamfields.

Spain’s Civil Guard dismantled an alleged criminal organization accused of illegally importing and distributing nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in Tenerife, seizing nearly 13 tons of the substance in what authorities called Europe’s second-largest haul.

‘Partial human remains’ believed to be a severed hand have been found at a school in Ireland in bizarre circumstances.

Ellen Mercer, who died in hospital the day after having a "sudden and unexpected cardio respiratory collapse", had taken a form of nitrous oxide, which was not an illegal drug at the time

Thomas Salton was found with £38,000 in cash, ketamine and nitrous oxide canisters when he was pulled over in Basildon, Essex for no car insurance

A top-flight footballer is understood to be the first footballer to be checked into rehab for an addiction to laughing gas, with the substance becoming a Class C drug in 2023

Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor

The victim had spent a night out which ended with him and some fellow revellers taking drugs and inhaling 'happy gas' but ended up in a horror bloodbath that shocked his family

James Preston, 21, accepts inflicting the wounds that killed 25-year-old Joe Holland in the early hours of Thursday, June 8 this year, but denied murder and an alternative count of manslaughter as his trial began at Liverpool Crown Court today

Cathy Mccann's son Alex Littler, now 17, was rushed to hospital last year complaining his chest felt like 'popping bubble wrap' after taking laughing gas at Manchester's Parklife

A long-awaited ban on laughing gas aka nitrous oxide comes into effect today, doubling the maximum sentence for dealers to 14 years with tough punishments for those found in possession

The statistics for January 2020 to November 2022 include the case of PC William Holyoake, who got a community order for possessing cannabis and offensive weapons

A teenager has been convicted of murdering Ben Moncrieff in Bath city centre in May after unleashing a knife and killing him with a single stab in an attack caught on CCTV

University graduate Rohail Jillani, 25, killed 17-year-old Nadia Yusuf while speeding as he inhaled laughing gas before posting boastful videos on Snapchat in the aftermath

Nasrin Saleh, 26, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to four and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to causing the death of Luqman Mehboob by dangerous driving on October 10, 2021

Two British men were arrested last weekend for assaulting two officers on the infamous strip in Cyprus - now police have hit the streets of the resort in a show of force

Officers found messages relating to the buying, selling and delivery of the Class A drug - including one message where the idea of exchanging coke for oral sex was mentioned

Laughing gas is a term commonly used for nitrous oxide or NOS that is often found in pressurised metal canisters and is facing being banned under stricter new laws in the UK

Kerry-Anne Donaldson, 26, from East London, hopes her story serves as a warning to others after her addiction to nitrous oxide (NOS) saw her inhale more than 600 canisters week

Michael Gove has announced laughing gas is to be banned, but Dr David Nicholl has cautioned that the crack-down is the wrong appraoch

Other minor offences to be punished under the government's new measures include various littering misdeeds such as discarding chewing gum or cigarette ends

Multiple NHS Trusts are temporarily stopping the pain relief for pregnant women during labour after tests showed machines were releasing 50 times the safety limit of nitrous oxide

Young inmates at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution in Rochester, Kent, have helped arrange for drugs to be thrown over the walls or dropped by drones. A source said this raises security concerns

A 18-year-old footballer and his family have been left traumatised after he was kidnapped after leaving nightclub Lab11 in Digbeth and taken on a three-hour terror attack around Birmingham