Student who inhaled 360 laughing gas canisters in a week may never walk again

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Joe Roberts for Metro.co.uk


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An Australian university student may never walk again after she inhaled 360 canisters of nitrous oxide in one week.

The woman, aged in her 20s, has damaged nerves in her spinal cord which doctors say may never recover.

She is now being rehabilitated to learn how to walk again after repeatedly using the recreational drug, known as laughing gas.

Hundreds of thousands of canisters of nitrous oxide are inhaled every year, and are often discarded in parks and public places.

The student’s story was featured on ABC’s 7.30 programme to discourage other users from taking the popular drug, which has been linked to a number of deaths of young people.

Toxicologist Dr Andrew Dawson told the programme: ‘Very recently I had a 20-year-old patient whose brain appeared to have the same level of damage as an alcoholic who had been drinking for 40 years.

‘We have had a doubling of the number of calls from hospitals about significantly affected people from nitrous oxide exposure.

‘Those effects are severe nerve injury, or sometimes brain injury. There has been a real spike over the last two years.

‘Those deaths can relate to anything from the exploding of the small cylinders, to people becoming hypoxic – that is, short of oxygen – from overuse.’

Selling the drug was made illegal in the UK in 2015, but following the collapse of two court cases the law is being reviewed.

The loophole revolved around the gas, which is used by doctors as pain relief, being exempt from the new law because it is actually a medicine.

[Goofy]

Idiot :facepalm:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

But...but...but....getting high!

[Muddy]

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[Goofy]

But...but...but....getting high!

A few feet lower now that she can't walk :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

:-s

She may never walk again but she's being rehabilitated to learn how to walk again?

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I still have a nitrous tank in my garage haven't filled it in years

[DemonGeminiX]

So THAT'S why you are the way you are!

[redred]

i've tried this stuff and didn't enjoy it one bit , just made me feel sick

[PorkChopSandwiches]

So THAT'S why you are the way you are!

Its fairly safe, they use it at the dentist

[PorkChopSandwiches]

i've tried this stuff and didn't enjoy it one bit , just made me feel sick

If you get the nitrous oxide from a place that sells for cars, I could see that. If you get medical grade its pretty good

[DemonGeminiX]

Its fairly safe, they use it at the dentist

I never allow dentists to use it on me.

[Muddy]

Whats the problem?

[redred]

If you get the nitrous oxide from a place that sells for cars, I could see that. If you get medical grade its pretty good

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seems to be the whipped cream stuff , i'll stick to my other hobbies :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Oh yeah, fuck those :lol:

[redred]

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

those are pretty high end whippets...I just buy 12 canisters of whipped cream and get my freak on for under 50 bucks :tup:

[Muddy]

I put a rag over my mouth and spray spaypaint cans directly into my mouth as I inhale deeply.

[DemonGeminiX]

Whats the problem?

Personally, I'm just not a fan. I don't think being high feels good in any of its forms, and I've tried quite a bit when I was a teenager. I just honestly never enjoyed it. I've only ever felt disconnected, and I hate that feeling. It wasn't amusing to me and I never understood anyone else thinking that it was. But that's just the way it is for me. So today, I shun most painkillers and other things of that nature when it's not absolutely necessary. I won't even take aspirin for headaches. I had nitrous oxide once at a dentist, but it didn't help me with anything. I just had that disconnected feeling, so I see no reason to use it at all. I've had molar extractions and a crown done without nitrous oxide. I also have an overly sensitive spot on one of my lower right back teeth that hurt like hell when it got worked on, even with the local anesthetic, but I just powered through it.

Now with that being said, I don't really judge people who do enjoy stuff like that, as long as they're not being stupid and putting themselves or others around them at considerable risk while being high.

[deebakes]

:dunce:

[lost in melb.]

If you get the nitrous oxide from a place that sells for cars, I could see that. If you get medical grade its pretty good

Define 'good' :lol:

[lost in melb.]

I put a rag over my mouth and spray spaypaint cans directly into my mouth as I inhale deeply.

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[Muddy]

Personally, I'm just not a fan. I don't think being high feels good in any of its forms, and I've tried quite a bit when I was a teenager. I just honestly never enjoyed it. I've only ever felt disconnected, and I hate that feeling. It wasn't amusing to me and I never understood anyone else thinking that it was. But that's just the way it is for me. So today, I shun most painkillers and other things of that nature when it's not absolutely necessary. I won't even take aspirin for headaches. I had nitrous oxide once at a dentist, but it didn't help me with anything. I just had that disconnected feeling, so I see no reason to use it at all. I've had molar extractions and a crown done without nitrous oxide. I also have an overly sensitive spot on one of my lower right back teeth that hurt like hell when it got worked on, even with the local anesthetic, but I just powered through it.

Now with that being said, I don't really judge people who do enjoy stuff like that, as long as they're not being stupid and putting themselves or others around them at considerable risk while being high.

I was just being dumb.. Inhalants suck.


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Jesus..! is that from doing what I said?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

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[PorkChopSandwiches]

Define 'good' :lol:

Its good quality, so you dont get headaches and whatnot

[Hal-9000]

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Police officer : We have reason to believe you've been inhale......
Guy : NO I HAVEN'T!!! IT'S A LIE!!!! BACK OFF COPPER!!!
Police officer : Take this kleenex pal :lol: