Parenting: Nitrous Oxide
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
What do you know about Nitrous Oxide? The Royal College of Nursing says the public need to be made aware of its dangers. It was made illegal to sell it for psychoactive purposes three years ago, but the Home Office estimates that in the last year, half a million 16 to 24 year olds in England and Wales used it. Laughing gas or ‘Noz,’ is particularly popular during the music festival season. Jane speaks to Catherine Gamble, Royal College of Nursing Professional Lead for Mental Health Nursing.
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| 0:34.4 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey and welcome to the Women's App Parenting Podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | This week, what you need to know about Laffingas, NOS or Nitrous Oxide, to give it its official name. |
| 0:45.1 | The Royal College of Nursing says the public don't know enough about its dangers, and |
| 0:49.7 | as we head towards the music festival season over the summer, It's probably something you do need to know more |
| 0:54.4 | about, particularly if you've got teenagers. Now it was made illegal to sell the substance for |
| 0:59.3 | psychoactive purposes three years ago, but the Home Office estimates that in the last year, |
| 1:05.0 | half a million 16 to 24 year olds in England and Wales have used it. |
| 1:09.7 | I talked to Catherine Gamble, the Royal College of Nursing's Professional Lead for Mental Health Nursing. |
| 1:15.4 | Well, it was the Psychoactive Substance Act in 2016 actually, when the former chief prosecutor said that there needed to be a new law |
| 1:26.3 | and as previously it had failed to stop the supply and what was described as the |
| 1:31.6 | product as a death in a box. |
| 1:34.4 | And so they have now made it. |
| 1:37.2 | The law actually outlines that it's |
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