[00:03] Let's try it so you don't have to. As soon as you inhale it, you feel relaxed and euphoric. It might make you feel dizzy and even give you mild hallucinations, but the effects are already gone after a few minutes, so you
[00:15] take a bit more and that's when laughing gas becomes very dangerous. Nitrous oxide can push oxygen out of your lungs so that not enough enters your bloodstream. The lack of oxygen flowing to the brain can cause you to pass out
[00:28] or in rare, extreme cases, die. But that's not all. Laughing gas deactivates the vitamin B12, which is essential for the insulation of your nerve cells. It might start as a tingling in your fingers, but with excessive use, this
[00:42] can escalate to serious nerve damage, a degraded spinal cord, or even paralysis. Some countries have banned or heavily restricted laughing gas, but in many and easily, which makes it especially
[00:55] attractive to young people, contributing to an almost 600% rise in deaths in the US. When doctors give nitrous oxide for pain relief and sedation, the gas is mixed with oxygen to prevent complications.
[01:08] Take too much laughing gas outside of these conditions and it quickly stops these conditions and it quickly stops being funny.