The information contained herein is presented for informational use only. These pages do not advocate the use of Nitrous Oxide, which may be illegal in your part of the globe. You may find that Nitrous Oxide makes you disoriented, nauseated, and generally very unhappy. Read all of the warnings, and know what you do. N2O, or Nitrous Oxide, also known as laughing gas , is a weak anaesthetic gas that has been in use since the late 18th century .
Common use includes both surgical and recreational purposes.
Most people have experienced nitrous in the context of dentistry . Nitrous is also used in auto racing to speed engines. Nitrous is even used in diving to prepare divers for nitrous-like effects. The following is taken from the CA penal code. Any person who possesses nitrous oxide or any substance containing nitrous oxide, with the intent to breathe, inhale, or ingest for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, stupefaction, or dulling of the senses or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting, or disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes, or who knowingly and with the intent to do so is under the influence of nitrous oxide or any material containing nitrous oxide is guilty of a misdemeanor.