So, according to the article, supplying Nitrous for recreational use is already illegal. If it is such a big problem, what is banning possession going to do other than ruin more lives? It is kind of wild that this is the solution they came up with given the history of drug prohibition worldwide and the fact that UK is one of the originators of harm reduction.

Sigh.... making the same mistakes and expecting different results when plenty of research out there shows that treating poverty and depression does more to reduce drug use and other risky/antisocial behaviour than putting people in jail for it.

The article also mentions that the majority of people who use it are between 16 and 24 years old. Great way to end up with hardened criminals down the line.

Yaaaay another black market. Just what the government needs, gotta keep the black budget funded.

So...

You'll still be able to buy it "for whip cream"...

It's just now cops will be able to arrest you for it if you have it now.

That's not exactly a ban, and it's not going to make it any harder to obtain.

I won't miss seeing those cannisters littered around.

Sounds like a new way to criminalize young people. Not from UK, can this be used to disenfranchise people?

"There will be exemptions for legitimate uses of nitrous oxide" Legitimate just means legal so this sentence is saying it will be legal to use it in a legal way... Pretty stupid

Cannabis is being legalised across America and in Germany. Meanwhile Tories are trying to expand the failed war on drugs

I hate Cruella Braverman.

I feel like it's actually kind of already an illicit substance and therefore illegal.

So at this point they're just making laws to make things that are already illegal more illegal but it doesn't matter because none of them are enforced anyway.

Who's laughing now?

Protip: you can buy NO2 really cheap on Amazon.

So long patisserie chefs

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The government's decision to make possession a crime goes against recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, which advised against new laws to ban nitrous oxide.

Announcing the law change on Tuesday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said people in the UK were "fed up with yobs abusing drugs in public spaces and leaving behind a disgraceful mess for others to clean up".

The government's crime and policing minister Chris Philp said: "There is no question that abusing laughing gas is dangerous to people's health and it is paramount we take decisive action before the situation gets worse.

Prof David Nutt, from Imperial College London's department of medicine, previously said there was around about one death per year in the UK from around one million nitrous oxide users.

Repeated hits of nitrogen dioxide can deplete body levels of an important vitamin called B12, which, in turn, can cause permanent nerve damage.

It can affect both the spinal cord and the nerves in arms and legs, causing loss of feeling, abnormal sensations and muscle weakness or even full paralysis.

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Footballers are going to hate this. It's an easy way to get high (for fun, not for performance) without being busted on a drug test.

I need Nos. One of these big ones. Actually, make that 2. And Harry, I need it by tonight.

What gas will they use in the foamer?

How will this affect airsofters?

Is this the same NOS used to give dragsters a boost? Ok, that is illegal on most streets but a legitimate use on certain tracks.