LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is warning residents of a rise in emergency health incidents linked to the recreational use of nitrous oxide, better known ...

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LANSING, Mich. — Emergency health incidents linked to recreational use of nitrous oxide have surged significantly in Michigan, with poison center calls increasing 533% from 2019 to 2024, according to ...

Recreational use of nitrous oxide — often referred to as whippets or laughing gas — left a 23-year-old with frostbite in his mouth and throat, according to a report of the man’s case published ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is warning residents about a dramatic increase in emergency health care incidents related to recreational use of nitrous ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Young people are using nitrous oxide to get high at alarming rates, with colorful new ways to purchase the product, according to health experts, despite recent laws in Michigan ...

Laughing gas is inactivating vitamin B12 in young people, leaving them paralyzed, experts have said. Vitamin B12 maintains the lining of nerves — if it doesn't work, people get nerve damage. Those ...

Nitrous oxide canisters used to get high lie on a street in downtown San Francisco in February 2022. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles City Council is considering cracking down on ...