"laughing gas" addiction causes death
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How nitrous oxide became a deadly - but legal - American addiction
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Nitrous oxide known as "laughing gas" has many uses, from painkiller for dental procedures to whipping agent for canned whipped cream.
The number of deaths attributed to nitrous oxide poisonings rose by more than 110% between 2019 and 2023 .
Meg Caldwell , a horseback rider from Florida , started using the gas in university eight years ago .
She died last November , in one of those car parks just outside a vape shop.
Manufacturers began selling large canisters online as large as 2kg of the gas.
In March , the Food and Drug Administration issued an official alert warning against inhaling the gas.
In 2023 , the family of a 25-year-old woman, Marissa Politte successfully sued Nitrous Distributor United Brands for $ 745 m in damages.
The jury found the company responsible for selling the product in the knowledge that it would be misused.
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