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Families, recovered users and police urge limits on retail sales of nitrous oxide and inhalants
Summary
HB 16 30 would restrict retail sale of nitrous oxide and certain inhalants for recreational use; multiple parents, individuals in recovery and law‑enforcement witnesses described severe addiction, brain injury and easy retail/online availability and urged sales restrictions and licensing enforcement.
Representative Nancy Murphy introduced HB 16 30 to prohibit sale of nitrous oxide and specified inhalants for recreational use while preserving legitimate industrial, culinary and medical uses. Sponsors and a large set of witnesses described how discrete, flavored and brightly packaged nitrous canisters and other inhalants are widely sold in vape shops, convenience stores and online, are inexpensive and can be consumed repeatedly to produce a short euphoric effect that leads to…
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