BBCNEWS BBC News September 3, 2021 08:29:00
Possession of laughing gas could become a crime under new government plans, after a rise in use among young people. it's currently illegal to sell nitrous oxide — to give it its full name — but it's not a crime to possess it. more than half a million 16—to—24—year olds used the drug in the last year, according to the latest crime survey. let's talk now to the former chairman of the advisory council on the misuse of drugs professor david nutt, professor of neuropsycho—pharmacology at imperial college london. professor note, thanks forjoining us. should this be made a crime, possessi...