Man suffers frostbite due to nitrous oxide
NBC News·2025-07-03 02:58
dangerous drug. We're talking about nitrous oxide. You probably know it as whippets.And this new report out of the New England Journal of Medicine talks about a case involving a 23-year-old who used the drug and ended up with frostbite in his mouth and throat. There's a couple different dangers. One is the cold that happens because of it.And that cold can be down to minus40 degrees Fahrenheit, which can obviously cause a lot of frostbite. But on top of that, you can get some immediate risks. That nitrous ox ...