Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whippets (also known as “whippits” or “whip-its”) are a colloquial name for nitrous oxide, a colorless gas with a sweet aftertaste ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia University issued a notice on Monday warning the campus community of an increase in ...

There's a street drug that could be sitting in your home right now that's harming teenagers and young adults. It's an inhalant known as "whippets," and it can be easily found in whipped cream ...

Inhaling nitrous oxide can cause fainting, heart attacks and a litany of other health-related issues. Still, the dangers have not prevented misuse by young people (and perhaps even celebrities) who ...

Indiana State Excise Police have seen an "alarming increase" in the illegal sale of recreational-use nitrous oxide — also known as "whippets," laughing gas or Galaxy Gas — over the last year, Indiana ...

A Florida woman died after developing a crippling, $400-per-day addiction to nitrous oxide that once left her temporarily paralyzed. Meg Caldwell, 29, of Clermont in the Orlando area, was found dead ...

SZA has previously spoken out about the dangers of nitrous oxide consumption before. SZA is doing her part to stop minors from using “whippets,” a popular form of nitrous oxide drug abuse. The singer ...

Here’s another reason to stay away from whippets, just in case you needed one. Doctors this week have reported a strange case of frostbite via nitrous oxide. Doctors at the University of Virginia ...

A common sedative sometimes taken to get high is becoming deadlier. Research out this week finds that annual U.S. deaths caused by nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or whippits, have ...

SZA says she convinced a child to throw away a canister of nitrous oxide in exchange for a photo. In a post shared to Instagram Story on Tuesday (May 20), the singer described the ordeal. "Literally ...