The Dangers of Nitrous Oxide

nitrous oxide produces a rapid and very transient alteration in consciousness with the lifting of tension and lifting of inhibitions. The reason it's called laughing gas is because people laugh because they suddenly discover they can be free from all the burdens that their mind has been churning through over the previous hours, days, decades. Within a minute of inhaling a balloon, you're back to normal. Most women have experienced nitrous oxide because it's used to help them deal with the pain of childbirth. So it's a really useful anesthetic because it's so short acting. And that's why we know it's safe. I mean, it wouldn't have been a medicine for nearly 200 years if