NOS balloons for everyone!

[del...]

talk about retarded...on the very first line of the article in that link..."Brain injury and suffocation can result from lack of oxygen. When used as an anesthetic, nitrous is always administered in combination with oxygen. Never use nitrous in any manner that does not provide for adequate oxygen intake"

sheesh, you guys worry me. many stupid kids have died from this stuff by going into a closet with a tank and losing consciousness then soon suffocates! others have permanent lung damage from the cartridges and their throats and lungs suffer frostbite...and there are many other ways you can hurt or kill yourself with this stuff.

and "you can suffocate from smoking weed too" is just too ridiculus of a statement to even bother with...

[Fengzi]

You're right Del, suffocating from smoking weed is pretty ridiculous. How 'bout these though:

You could set your hair on fire while smoking weed by holding the pipe and lighter to close to your face (I'm sure this has happened before)

You could get so high from smoking weed that you forget to wear a jacket, go out into the cold, and die of hypothermia.

You could suck in bong water and drown.

You could get the muchies so bad that you eat until you rupture your stomach.

I'm sure we could find lots of other far fetched ways you could die from smoking weed. Let's face it, if you're dumb enough you can kill yourself with just about anything. Think about lawnmowers and chainsaws. Shit, I remember reading somehting a while ago about the fact that hundreds of people a year end up in the emergency room after having an accident while cutting a bagel. And do I need to mention those damn deep fried turkeys?

But really, how many kids have access to a nitrous tank? And if your dumb enough to just suck straight out of the cartridge you deserve what you get. Most people think it fries your brain, however, and that isn't true. Like I said before, to the average person using a whippit, cracker, and a balloon, nitrous isn't dangerous.

[BigBlock]

talk about retarded...on the very first line of the article in that link..."Brain injury and suffocation can result from lack of oxygen. When used as an anesthetic, nitrous is always administered in combination with oxygen. Never use nitrous in any manner that does not provide for adequate oxygen intake"

Of course they are going to say that. They don't want people suing them when they do one of the few really stupid things and kill themselves. A similar warning is found on just about every bottle and box you can buy at a modern grocery store. You would still think nothing of using the product inside. (beer, for example) As I said before, these things are only an issue if you are a complete and total moron. If you have even the slightest bit of common sense the warning is useless to you.

many stupid kids have died from this stuff by going into a closet with a tank and losing consciousness then soon suffocates! others have permanent lung damage from the cartridges and their throats and lungs suffer frostbite

No, "many stupid kids" haven't died from nitrous. Name ONE. Yes, people have died from nitrous in the past, but these deaths are very, very rare and are only the result of self induced stupidity. More people have died of a water overdose. (really, they have) You cannot get frostbite from a whippit unless you punch a hole in the bottle and then stick it in your mouth. This is equivalent stupidity to putting a lit firework in your mouth. There's no way around it, eventually somebody will be stupid enough to hurt themselves with the most harmless product and then you'll hear about it on the news like it happens every day. If you're not a complete idiot then you have nothing to worry about.

...and there are many other ways you can hurt or kill yourself with this stuff.

Name one.

Please, quit posting random shit you found on the internet like it's a fact you researched yourself. Nobody likes a parrot.

The link that Del posted did show legitimate dangers of Nitrous use. These dangers, however, could never be realized by the average user with a whippit and a balloon. Unless you're sucking directly on a full tank, like you'd find in a dentists office, you don't really need to worry.

This is absolutely, completely, 100%, totally true in every possible way.

[Fengzi]

talk about retarded...on the very first line of the article in that link..."Brain injury and suffocation can result from lack of oxygen. When used as an anesthetic, nitrous is always administered in combination with oxygen. Never use nitrous in any manner that does not provide for adequate oxygen intake"

..

One other thing Del....the very first line of the article actually says "Nitrous oxide has been safely used as a mild anesthetic for over 150 years. Problems with its use come primarily from carelessness."

[del...]

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 â??99, who died early in the day as the result of a drug overdose.

â??Itâ??s hard but theyâ??re handling it quite well,â?� said East Campus Housemaster Jed Z. Buchwald of EC residents. â??Thereâ??s been deans on call, housemasters,â?� and mental health professionals on hand to listen to the studentsâ?? concerns, Buchwald said.

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

A student of East Campus found Guy unconscious on the fifth floor of East Campusâ?? 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 Examinerâ??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.

Guyâ??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 attorneyâ??s office said the case was not being treated as a homicide.

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(related to above)
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. â??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."

[C4nn4Bliss]

wow someone is actually defending nitros oxide's recreational use

only stoners......

To me it was a cheap thrill buzz and it seemed somthing more for the kiddies than adults, but whatever floats your boat

Oh yeah, owning your own tank is pathetic

[Fengzi]

-Alex Mijtus, 36 years old, was killed by his wife, armed with a 20 inch long vibrator. Mrs. Mijtus had had enough of her husband's strange sex practices and one pushing all 20 inches of the vibrator into Alex's anus until it ruptured several internal organs and caused severe bleeding.

-Mary-Lee Cooper, 11 years old, was killed by her one year old sister who climbed on top of her while she was sleeping, suffocating her.

-Jay Newton was killed after a co-worker at Sea World in Florida dropped a 20 ton killer whale on him. The whale had been hoisted out of his tank by a Master Tonne Crane, when the victim swam underneath to inspect the harness. His colleague, Brian Hartley, released the whale, crushing the victim instantly (and emptying a quarter of the water from the pool).

-Gail Queens, 23 years old, was killed by her zoo keeper boyfriend He 'invited her' to the zoo to see the lions feeding, and at feeding time led her into a room that had a large slide away panel. He explained to her that it was a large glass viewing window to watch the lions devour their prey. He 'ducked out for a quick smoke' and locked her in the room. Suddenly the slide away panel opened to reveal many people staring at her. She was just about to yell and tell them that they were on the wrong side of the glass when she realized that it was her on the wrong side. Another panel opened and three hungry lions were let into the pen. Gail survived for two days in hospital before dying of massive internal injuries.


All true deaths investigated by the FBI.

Incidentally, I haven't used nitrous in over 15 years. Just want to point out that its not the same thing as huffing and doesn't kill brain cells

[Az.]

lol....nice one Del

So can I just get this straight.....the gas they use to pressurise cans of whipped cream is Nitrous Oxide? Is that what Whippets are?

[Fengzi]

lol....nice one Del

So can I just get this straight.....the gas they use to pressurise cans of whipped cream is Nitrous Oxide? Is that what Whippets are?

Yes, you can get high off of a whipped cream can. Don't inhale the whipped cream though, you could suffocate

[del...]

whippets are the cartridges used in the commercial cans, not in the ones you buy in the supermarket. but there is a little no2 in those cans too and once the whipped creme is gone is easy to inhale for one or 2 short buzzes. whippets require a balloon and a "breaker" that fits inside the balloon which the cartridge is then inserted and the seal is broken to release the gas. the dangerous part of this is the gas comes out ice-cold and frosts the balloon. if inhaled too soon can cause frostbite in the throat and lungs. these are sold in head shops in the tucson area and elsewhere i'm sure.

and i am not saying it is mad dangerous...i am only refuting those talking up how safe it is and how it doesn't kill. well, it usually is safe BUT it has killed...more than once. it has also been implicated in several traffic accidents (kids loading up at stop lights!) in the tucson area over the years.