Forbach: The municipality bans the consumption of nitrous oxide, the euphoric gas, in public spaces

For several months, seizures of nitrous oxide canisters, a pressurizing gas used in food aerosols, have been increasing in the Forbach area. In recent years, the product's use has been diverted. Transferred into balloons for inhalation, it is said to have a euphoric and disinhibiting effect, similar to drunkenness. Nicknamed laughing gas, it is used as a recreational drug by a young population, sometimes minors. "It's a national scourge that is taking on worrying proportions on the...
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