Partygoers and recreational drug users won’t be laughing any more, after Russia adopted new measures banning widely-abused nitrous oxide gas. The new provisions also allow local authorities to create cells for drunken detainees.
The new package of regulations was signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. The legislation bans the production, sale and promotion of laughing gas for anything other than medical or industrial uses. The aerosol, used historically as a painkiller by dentists, has become a popular party drug among young people, dispensed into a balloon and then inhaled. It is said to offer users a brief feeling of euphoria, as well as visual hallucinations.
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