The move, set to come into force at the end of the year, comes after an investigation by Sky News revealed there had been a spike in hospital admissions caused by people using the party drug. Nitrous oxide is the second most commonly used drug among 16 to 24-year-olds in England.
Nitrous oxide will be outlawed by the end of the year and categorised as a class C drug, the government says.
Nitrous oxide is the second most commonly used drug among 16 to 24-year-olds in England after cannabis. Nitrous oxide is the second most commonly used drug among 16 to 24-year-olds in England after cannabis In a statement, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said:"The British people are fed up with yobs abusing drugs in public spaces and leaving behind a disgraceful mess for others to clean up."Earlier this year the prime minister and I promised a zero-tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour and that is what we are delivering.
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