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Local presenters urge Washington County to curb retail nitrous oxide sales; supervisors authorize model review and letter to state
Summary
At a Washington County meeting, Tina Marsh warned of health harms from retail nitrous oxide (whippets) and urged local regulation. Supervisors moved to have staff study the Nassau County model and to draft a letter to state legislators seeking broader action.
Tina Marsh told Washington County supervisors that retail sales of nitrous oxide cartridges—often sold at convenience stores and smoke shops and known on the street as “whippets” or “cratom”—are causing harm in the region and should be restricted. "Why are we allowing the retail sales of nitrous oxide?" Marsh asked, and later said the substance can cause "severe brain damage" and other health problems, and cited local deaths she associated with inhalant use.
Her presentation summarized local incidents and referred to other jurisdictions' responses, including a recent Louisiana ban and Nassau County local rules that require…
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