![]() The small, silver cartridges contain four litres of the colourless gas, but the larger types - which cost just £25 - can hold between 322 litres and 5,500 litres. Smaller nitrous oxide canisters - which are legitimately used in the catering industry - have been widely used for recreational drug-taking for at least a decade. It also affects several brain and spinal cord networks. The cartridges are normally consumed by filling party balloons, from which the gas is then inhaled, but more recently users have been inhaling directly from dispensers or cartridges, which poses a high risk of severe cold burns and lung injury. There will also be restrictions on the amount of canisters available to buy for legitimate use so that recreational users have limited access to them. It is also expected that Home Secretary Suella Braverman will review drug laws to include the prosecution of anyone found with nitrous oxide in public.Ī person in possession of gas canisters must be able to provide a legitimate reason for using them, such as food preparation (most commonly whipped cream canisters) or medical use. Minister for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, is expected to unveil the strategy next week and introduce 'tougher' enforcement powers so that police can demand on-the-spot drug tests and punish those caught nuisance begging, which includes asking someone for money at cash machines. ![]() ![]() Other crimes that are expected to be targeted by police are public drug-use, graffiti on public property and fly-tipping. ![]() In recent years there have been growing concerns about the substance's impact on a user's health as well as the 'epidemic' of the silver canisters (pictured) littering public spaces ![]()
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