Bron, France, April 13, 2026 (AFP) - 'No fun': French hospital confronts laughing gas abuse

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2026-04-13

A 21-year-old man scrolls through Snapchat ads on his phone promoting nitrous oxide, a sedative gas increasingly used by young people in France to get high. "Honestly, in France it's way too easy to get hold of," he said. The young man, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity due to stigma surrounding drug use, said he "got hooked" on the colourless and odourless substance commonly known as laughing gas when he tried it in 2021. "I was doing......

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