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Health committee delays action on bill addressing recreational nitrous oxide use
Summary
Lawmakers postponed consideration of HB 278 after members said they had not received the senate substitute and expect an amendment from the hospital association; Representative Pringle described health harms from consumer nitrous oxide products.
The Health Committee met Feb. 19 and agreed to carry over HB 278 after members said they had not received the senate substitute and want time to review an expected amendment from the hospital association.
Representative Pringle, a sponsor of the discussion, described a growing local problem with people buying flavored nitrous oxide cartridges and inhaling the gas. "It's become a real problem with people that are buying it in the gas stations," Pringle said. He recounted a neighbor who he said is "almost invalid now because he has so much damage to his his brain…
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