laughing gas
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Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is commonly used as a painkiller in medicine and dentistry, but it is frequently used as a recreational drug.
From BBC
“So I wear that when I work with my patients, when they look horrified or complain, I quietly cut back on the laughing gas.”
From Los Angeles Times
Three men who helped import 91 million canisters of laughing gas into the UK through a series of bogus catering firms have been jailed.
From BBC
Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream.
From BBC
A driver who inhaled laughing gas and killed a woman while speeding in a Mercedes has been jailed for five years.
From BBC
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