Michigan lawmakers are working to regulate nitrous oxide in the form of "whippets," a growing drug issue.

whip-it-canister no-fun-allowed

  • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    35·
    9 months ago

    if people are turning to whippet abuse they are battling depression and substance abuse in general. These peeps are self medicating, and need help, so of course let’s instead get rid of the medication they use while succumbing to the side-effects of a brutal society.

  • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    22·
    9 months ago

    Some good advice On this article including to discharge the canister into a balloon first so you don’t freeze or puncture your lungs. Never done this drug before though.

    Prohibition will definitely work this time, guys. Just one more try, please broh. I promise I won’t only prosecute black people, please 🙏 😌

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Also blasting straight from the canister is a real small dose and you need to unscrew a thing and screw another thing on and it’s a pain. Fill a balloon.

    • whoops@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      prohibition doesnt work

      Why not? In what contexts? Seems a bit ahistorical to claim that universally.

      Prohibition in the US isn’t a good example to draw from. Alcohol was an almost universal drug that could be made easily, and industrial production of it existed. The push for prohibition was predominantly a feminist movement led by women. It was almost immediately undermined by politicians, former liquor producers, and organized crime.

      There are many illegal things or substances that prohibition seems to prevent the distribution of. But again, I don’t think the drug industry in the US is actually prohibited. If anything it’s managed by law enforcement, who have no interest in solving the problems, since that would eliminate their position

  • Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    9 months ago

    i was blown away when i discovered they sell huge canisters of this stuff now

    used to be either you get a 24 pack of the tiny canisters from smoke shop or some guy you know got a hold of a medical grade tank

    take vitamin b supplements and use no more then once (one session) a month! have a trip sitter, use a balloon, make sure you take a breath of air between each hit!!

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Notably it appears to interfere with b12 by changing the oxidation state or something. It depletes reserves.

      So you can’t just supplement and be good, as Des mentions you need breaks.

      I would suggest a less frequent use pattern though, it’s probably better to binge a week or something and then give a good long break of several months. I think an abundance of caution is warranted around nervous system nutrients. Believe you me you absolutely do not want neuralgia, it’s the worst pain I’ve ever experienced (mine is from arthritis alas).

      • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        Prolonged abuse of nitrous leads to B vitamin deficiency, which leads to severe nerve damage. It takes a lot of nitrous, but it can be veeerrrry addictive. Someone left alone with a whole tank to themselves for a week can really fuck themselves up.

      • Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        nitrous oxide depletes it in the body. B-6 and B-12. prolonged useage can cause nerve damage because of that depletion. otherwise it’s a safe gas as long as you make sure to include oxygen

      • peeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        I learned about this when I was a prep-cook at a Perkins. A new guy was hired to help me out and he flipped out when I was showing him the cooler and there was a whole rack of whipped cream cans on the shelf.

        We spent most of that day wasting cans of whipped cream.

        After that they stopped buying the pressurized cans and bought whipped cream in paper cartons.

  • VILenin [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    I am hopeful that getting these bills signed into law, hopefully soon, that we will actually begin to see the issue of nitrous oxide abuse hopefully go down because again, that is what our goal is, is that we don’t want to necessarily criminalize folks

    michael-laugh