Following a recent ban, the Costa Mesa Police Department seized hundreds of large fruit-flavored nitrous oxide cylinders and thousands of small chargers from local smoke shops.

Inhaling commercially available nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, could lead to serious harm or death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a warning issued Friday.

The FDA said inhaling nitrous oxide can result in a range of symptoms and serious health problems, including lightheadedness, ...

HealthDay News — The US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning consumers against the recreational use of any flavor of nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) from canisters, tanks, or chargers ...

Costa Mesa police reported Tuesday that in addition to the nitrous oxide, several local smoke shops’ inventory included other illegal items. “Detectives also found several of these businesses ...

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Candi Morris knows nitrous oxide well; as the office manager at Dental Expressions in Moore, she’s familiar with its use as “laughing gas” to calm anxious patients. But outside the dentist ...

"They are hoping that people will buy the nitrous oxide for personal ... The ordinance passed on Tuesday. Nitrus oxide has legal uses, but among the confiscated items from Costa Mesa were boxes ...