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Nitrous Oxide Side Effects
Smaller silver canisters holding around 8 grams of nitrous oxide are being swapped to a supersized version which holds around 80 times the size. Super-sized versions are riskier, experts say, because they can lead to people using higher quantities. High levels of exposure can result in spinal cord and nerve damage, because it causes a vitamin B12 deficiency.
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