i could have spent the rest of the day proving the fact, nitrous can kill with medical journal and newspaper articles along with personal anecdotes and we could argue back and forth about it all night, but why bother...you guys can work out all the reasons you want to do it and no one is going to convince you otherwise, and i sure as hell am not about to try.

but i will put out the FACTS so others aren't maybe so inclined to follow...


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

Accidental death by nitrous oxide inhalation.

Winek CL, Wahba WW, Rozin L.

Allegheny County Department of Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.

Nitrous oxide is a popular inhalation anesthetic-analgesic agent. Its euphoric action and its availability have led to its abuse. We report a case of fatal accidental asphyxia due to nitrous oxide abuse. The deceased was a hospital worker who had access to the hospital supply of nitrous oxide. His death was due to hypoxemia and asphyxiation, secondary to nitrous oxide inhalation.

Publication Types:
Case Reports

PMID: 7797187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N38/38dickguy.38n.html
East Campus Reacts After Student Death
By Rima Arnaout and Douglas E. Heimburger
STAFF REPORTERS
Residents and tutors of East Campus gathered yesterday to discuss the death of Richard Guy ??99, who died early in the day as the result of a drug overdose.

??It??s hard but they??re handling it quite well,? said East Campus Housemaster Jed Z. Buchwald of EC residents. ??There??s been deans on call, housemasters,? and mental health professionals on hand to listen to the students?? concerns, Buchwald said.

??Things have gone about as well as can be hoped for right now,? Buchwald said.

A student of East Campus found Guy unconscious on the fifth floor of East Campus?? east parallel yesterday morning around 1 a.m. Guy was pronounced dead at the scene.

Guy, a resident of Mission Viejo, Californina, was entering his junior year as a physics major.

The Cambridge Medical Examiner??s office confirmed yesterday that Guy died from asphyxiation as a result of nitrous oxide intoxication. Guy had a plastic bag over his head to inhale the nitrous.

Guy??s death is being investigated by Campus Police. The death is currently presumed to be an accident.

The Associated Press reported last night that the Middlesex County district attorney??s office said the case was not being treated as a homicide.

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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N54/54guy.54n.html
Wrongful Death Suit Against MIT Filed By Parents of Richard Guy
By Kevin R. Lang
NEWS AND FEATURES DIRECTOR

The parents of Richard A. Guy Jr. ??99 filed a wrongful death suit against MIT, one day before the three-year statute of limitations would have expired.

Guy died from asphyxiation as a result of nitrous oxide intoxication on Aug. 31, 1999, during Orientation. His parents, Richard A. Guy Sr. and Janet V. Guy, both of Mission Viejo, Calif., filed a complaint Aug. 30 with Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, suing MIT for one count of wrongful death and one count of wrongful death with gross negligence.

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http://www.bookrags.com/other/drugs/...s-dcsi-01.html
Nitrous Oxide: in the News

Internet sales of whippet cartridges are a growing problem that has resulted in the death of at least one nitrous user. Sold under the guise of whipped cream propellants and erotic aids, whippets are frequently sold alongside crackers, balloons, and other drug paraphernalia that make their intended use fairly clear.

In 1999, a 20-year-old Virginia Polytechnic Institute student suffocated to death after inhaling nitrous purchased through one of these online merchants, the now-defunct Bongmart.com. Although the web site marketed the nitrous "for food use only," investigators with the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) said it was clear that the intended use was for nitrous intoxication. The merchant was convicted of delivering a misbranded drug into interstate commerce.


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...1645?source=PA
Sex experiment killed man
1 June 2005
A man died after a sexual experiment involving dental anaesthetic went badly wrong, an inquest heard today.

David Baron, 58, was found dead wearing women's clothes and hooked up to a machine pumping out nitrous oxide.

His wife Carol found him wearing a skirt and bra on the floor of his dressing room at the family home in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire.

The inquest heard Mr Baron had experimented with medical gas before, but his wife said it was just to relax himself.

She told the inquest that on two occasions she had brought him round after he had slipped into unconsciousness while using gas.

The couple had been going through divorce proceedings and were sleeping in separate rooms, so it was not until Mr Baron failed to get up in the morning that his body was discovered in September last year.

The machine Mr Baron used to deliver the gas to a mask he wore was designed for dental anaesthesia.

But the Gloucester inquest heard it was faulty and was delivering only nitrous oxide rather than a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen.

The cause of death was given as hypoxia and asphyxia due to the inhalation of nitrous oxide.

Cheltenham and Cotswolds Coroner Alan Crickmore recorded a verdict of accidental death.

"I think on this occasion David Baron was fulfilling his erotic fantasies," he said.

"That is clear from pictures found surrounding him and the way he was dressed. The link cannot be denied.

"I think this was a sexual experiment which went very badly, and unintentionally, wrong."
del... Reviewed by del... on . NOS balloons for everyone! Wow and legal to boot. What an amazing drug. A risk-free, two-minute hit of euphoria, giggling fits, distorted sound. very,very cool :dance: it's like there's a DJ in your head and he's twisting all the knobs. Rating: 5