One of the primary dangers of this stuff is that because it’s labeled as a food additive, it doesn’t have oxygen mixed in it like the medically approved mixture you’d receive at a dentist. So while people are hitting this, they’re depriving their brains of oxygen, which is where a lot of the long-term damage comes from. If they were able to sell it with oxygen mixed in, it wouldn’t be as bad. Once again criminalization makes drugs far more dangerous than they need to be.
It is illegal to inhale NO2, or market it for inhalation, outside of medical applications where it is administered directly by a doctor, dentist, or anesthesiologist. These medical grade canisters contain a mixture of NO2 and O2 and are safe to breath for a while, but they are regulated and can usually only be obtained when one “falls off the truck.” The vendors will not sell these to you unless you are associated with a medical practice. NO2 sold for automotive purposes is ‘denatured,’ deliberately contaminated to make it toxic. Most other gasses which are typically abused (canned air dusters, for instance) are produced with a bittering agent, to prevent abuse. This is not possible with food-grade NO2, which is used as a replacement for oxygen in whipped cream because oxygen would cause the cream to spoil rapidly. It only works for its intended purpose if it has no oxygen in it, so if you breath it continuously you can suffer hypoxia, loss of consciousness, and other problems.
NO2 is relatively benign though, compared to other much more harmful gases which are typically abused, aside from the hypoxia and other mentioned symptoms.
According to summaries on the first page of search results, NO2 also makes bulkier whipped cream than O2 can. So my idea of starting a trend of eating whipped cream right away before it spoils won’t work.
It seems to me in the present situation, it isn’t exactly criminalization, but half assed regulation that’s the problem.
Either regulate and enforce regulations on NO2, or do not.
Though I guess I am not considering the whole universe of harm that has been prevented by regulating in the current manner so far. Like maybe there’d be more self taught cheapo dentists working out of kitchens.
One of the primary dangers of this stuff is that because it’s labeled as a food additive, it doesn’t have oxygen mixed in it like the medically approved mixture you’d receive at a dentist. So while people are hitting this, they’re depriving their brains of oxygen, which is where a lot of the long-term damage comes from. If they were able to sell it with oxygen mixed in, it wouldn’t be as bad. Once again criminalization makes drugs far more dangerous than they need to be.
What part is criminalized? The oxygen?
It is illegal to inhale NO2, or market it for inhalation, outside of medical applications where it is administered directly by a doctor, dentist, or anesthesiologist. These medical grade canisters contain a mixture of NO2 and O2 and are safe to breath for a while, but they are regulated and can usually only be obtained when one “falls off the truck.” The vendors will not sell these to you unless you are associated with a medical practice. NO2 sold for automotive purposes is ‘denatured,’ deliberately contaminated to make it toxic. Most other gasses which are typically abused (canned air dusters, for instance) are produced with a bittering agent, to prevent abuse. This is not possible with food-grade NO2, which is used as a replacement for oxygen in whipped cream because oxygen would cause the cream to spoil rapidly. It only works for its intended purpose if it has no oxygen in it, so if you breath it continuously you can suffer hypoxia, loss of consciousness, and other problems.
NO2 is relatively benign though, compared to other much more harmful gases which are typically abused, aside from the hypoxia and other mentioned symptoms.
Thanks I’ll I see.
According to summaries on the first page of search results, NO2 also makes bulkier whipped cream than O2 can. So my idea of starting a trend of eating whipped cream right away before it spoils won’t work.
It seems to me in the present situation, it isn’t exactly criminalization, but half assed regulation that’s the problem.
Either regulate and enforce regulations on NO2, or do not.
Though I guess I am not considering the whole universe of harm that has been prevented by regulating in the current manner so far. Like maybe there’d be more self taught cheapo dentists working out of kitchens.