Could a UK laughing gas ban cause more harm than good? - BBC Newsnight
Newsnight has been told by leading clinicians across health trusts in the UK that they are seeing a sharp increase in nitrous oxide users under 25 with serious health issues.
Nitrous oxide is often known as laughing gas or ‘nos’, and the legalities around its use are complex.
It is currently placed within the Psychoactive Drug Act 2016, which stipulates that it is illegal to supply the drug for recreational purposes, but possession is not illegal.
However the Prime minister is committed to banning the substance as a class C drug by the end of the year, which will make possession a crime.
Now medical professionals have written to the Policing minister Chris Philp saying that making possession of the drug illegal was "unlikely to translate to health benefits in our patients," and that “fear of arrest could increase harm” as people may delay coming to hospital.
Newsnight’s Yasminara Khan reports. Produced by Ali Hamedani.
-
6:39
Dr. Eric Berg
6 hours agoThe Most Powerful Group behind What You Eat
47.4K40 -
30:41
CarbonTV
25 days ago $0.18 earnedThe Heart of a Warrior - Skull Bound Chronicles
41.5K2 -
56:09
World Nomac
23 hours agoSiargao Island Philippines: More than just a tourist trap 🇵🇭
66.5K29 -
12:09
Space Ice
1 day agoBattlefield Earth Is So Bad That Screw It, The Aliens Can Have It - Worst Movie Ever
90.2K71 -
1:05:02
Talk Nerdy 2 Us
21 hours agoDigital Shockwaves: Unpacking AT&T's Massive Data Breach and a Surge in Global Cyber Threats
77.3K18 -
48:24
RealitySurvival
20 hours agoGlobal Prepper SITREP - NATO Makes Huge Moves Back Russia into a corner!
79.6K45 -
6:13
Vigilant News Network
1 day agoPro-Biden Donors REVOLT in Stunning Turn of Events | Beyond the Headlines
75.9K35 -
2:17:25
Fresh and Fit
17 hours agoAfter Hours w/ Kanel Joseph
158K185 -
2:01:09
Twins Pod
22 hours agoWhat Are The Pyramids? Was Atlantis Real? Biblical Aliens? | Twins Pod - Episode 21 - Jimmy Corsetti
110K83 -
1:07:30
Havoc
1 day agoStreet Beef vs. Rap Beef | Stuck Off the Realness Ep. 4
79.3K5