It no laughing matter

13 July 2015

Lambeth Council has become the UK's first council to ban the use of nitrous oxide as a recreational drug.

Also known as ‘laughing gas’, nitrous oxide has been linked to 17 fatalities between 2006 and 2012.

According to The Global Drug Survey nitrous oxide has become the UK’s fourth popular recreation drug. 

The above is not legal advice; it is intended to provide information of general interest about current legal issues.