Legal and Potentially Lethal: The Nitrous Oxide High
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Nitrous oxide or laughing gas misuse is a growing epidemic that's flying under the radar. Dr. Phil exposes the dangerous consequences of this legal high, which is easily accessible to teens and can lead to devastating effects on the body and mind.
Tonight, Dr. Phil sits down with Rachel and Jenna, two young women in recovery from nitrous oxide addiction. They open up about how their misuse of this legal substance left them unable to walk or care for themselves. Jenna's father shares the heartbreaking impact of his daughter's addiction, revealing how it pushed him to fight for restrictions on sales of nitrous oxide in his state. Dr. Charles Sophy joins the conversation to explain exactly why the misuse of nitrous oxide is so addictive and dangerous, shedding light on the shocking consequences of this seemingly harmless substance. Dr. Phil dives deep into the growing crisis and what parents need to know to protect their kids from this legal high they can get in any gas station.
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| 0:00.0 | Some call it hippie crack. |
| 0:01.3 | Teens call it whippets or buzz bombs. |
| 0:03.5 | I'm talking about nitrous oxide. |
| 0:05.5 | It was an addiction unlike anything else I'd had before. |
| 0:09.0 | I really didn't think that it was that dangerous |
| 0:12.3 | because you could get it like anywhere. |
| 0:14.2 | You wound up paralyzed from the waist down. |
| 0:16.3 | Your body is literally dying. |
| 0:18.6 | All of your nerves are dying. |
| 0:20.1 | Why it's way more dangerous than people |
| 0:22.8 | think and what everyone needs to know. |
| 0:34.5 | Thank you for joining us. Tonight we're talking about a potentially lethal drug that can be purchased at gas stations, smoke shops, and online. |
| 0:45.3 | Some call it hippie crack. Teens call it whipets or buzz bombs. Chefs use it to create foams and whipped creams while doctors and dentists use it as an |
| 0:56.0 | anesthetic. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm talking about nitrous oxide. |
| 1:00.0 | You may have even had it at the dentist office. |
| 1:04.0 | But tonight we're talking about a shocking truth about the legal $36 high that seems to be trending on social media and sweeping across |
| 1:15.5 | the nation. |
| 1:16.7 | How your children are influenced. |
| 1:18.8 | Why it's way more dangerous than people think and what everyone needs to know. |
| 1:25.6 | Now Rachel began using nitrous oxide at parties when she was 23 years old, |
| 1:30.1 | and it wasn't long before she was inhaling up to six tanks of nitrous oxide a day. And Rachel, |
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