Using cream canisters to get high

[Rainingdogsandcats]

Is this the thing now? Surely it's dangerous? Do your youngsters/ young adults do this?

Ds is 22. He and his mates were using them at the weekend. Hevreckond it's harmless. I don't.

*he reckons

Cream canisters?

What an Anchor

Seriously, what?

metro.co.uk/2019/05/21/laughing-gas-body-inhale-9621854/

Off the nitrogen like laughing gas?

I'm pretty sure that's not how it works tbh

It's not a new thing, I remember some of my colleagues in a restaurant I worked in about 7 years ago going it. It's gas canisters, not actual cream

Erm it's the canisters with the gas in not things of whippy cream

Also I misread that as cream canestan and had a moment of hope that thrush might have a cheerful side effect when treated

Tbh the risk assessment around recreational drug use is poor. Yes it can go bad but gets more press than other things that cause much more harm.

'Nitrous oxide, which can also be called Noz, hippie crack, chargers or balloons, is legally used by medics for pain relief and sold for the production of whipped cream. It comes in small silver canisters and is often transferred to a balloon to be inhaled due to the risk of death from inhaling direct from the canister.

Read more: metro.co.uk/2019/05/21/laughing-gas-body-inhale-9621854/?ito=cbshare'

Sorry for terrible heading, I couldn't think what they're called. I used to use them to make whipped cream in my coffee shop.

Yes, they use balloons with them.

Has he not noticed the "solvent abuse can kill instantly" warnings?

I tell him but obviously they all think they're invincible. 🙁

It's not a new thing, but it is a stupid thing.

Yeah it's a thing round here you can't move for those discarded little silver canisters .littering the pavements .

Not a new thing. Its nitrous oxide aka laughing gas. People were doing it at festivals and in clubs 15 years ago before it was made illegal.

I think risks are quite low for severe adverse effects, but Google nitrous oxide if you want to know more or want to educate your DS on risks.

Pretty pointless high really. Its suppose to replicate the effects of gas and air but its more likely that they are just hyperventilating themselves with sucking it in and out of the balloon.

I saw loads of discarded ones littered around central London at the weekend when there for a visit.

Last time I saw them where we live (semi rural town) was about 7 or 8 years ago so I was quite surprised to see so many of them in London suggesting they're still popular

This is old news to me. Fucking dangerous though. Kids /young adults have been doing it for years in my area. It's the new areosol/lighter fluid/glue sniffing.

I remember when this was legal and there were stalls at festivals selling it.

The fucking noise of people doing balloons at festivals is so annoying. I hate them based on that alone.

Is it definitely illegal? Our local PCSO said she'd 'checked with her police colleagues' after getting complaints from Neighborhood Watch and it wasn't illegal. I did wonder at the time if the PCSO was correct, as she gets pretty much everything else wrong*

*Examples available

Well, it isn't solvent abuse so the solvent abuse warnings are irrelevant.

No it's not new and yes it's dangerous. It's not pointless though. The point is getting high and it works.

@AutumnCrow it's definitely illegal, I remember it being on the news when the law was passed. I think it was 3 or 4 years ago.

What a useless police officer!

It is a lot safer than the current trend of cutting MDMA with warfarin.

I found a very nice, red VonShef canister down the side of my sofa one morning after a gathering of DDs college mates the previous evening. They were all about 18 at the time, (DD swears blind she didn't see it being used) , and I told her if "Liam" wants his creamer back, he'll have to collect it from me, otherwise I'll be putting it to good use on a Pavlova.
It's still in my cupboard, 5 years later.

Why is it OK to be off your head on an endless supply of Entonox for hours and hours while in labour, but breathing from a balloon of Nox is life-threateningly dangerous?

Wow. Tell him, “Hello, the late 90s/early 2000s called and they want their drug culture back.”

Doing whippets is what people did before going out raving. I never did it but watched people black out and then revive several times before heading out for dancing.

@Dilbertian - entonox is "gas and air" ie oxygen isn't it? whereas surely the cream canisters are just gas?
Any chemists out there?