In the ’60s it was amphetamine-aided mods and rockers clashes that outraged the nation. Similarly a moral panic over solvents spread through the UK from the mid ’70s and apparently faded in the ’80s, leaving a legacy of damaging misconceptions.…
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Nitrous oxide
Laughing gas, balloons, chargers, ‘hippy crack’, Nos Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas with a range of uses both medical and non-medical, for example it’s used as an anaesthetic agent in dental, medical and veterinary settings, and also in rocketry…
Solvents
What are Solvents? Aerosols, Glue, Inhalants, Volatile substances Some organic – that is, carbon based – compounds can produce effects similar to alcohol or anaesthetics when their vapours are inhaled. A number are used as solvents in glues, paints, nail…