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Belgium’s Laughing Gas Problem Is No Joke

Belgium's recreational nitrous oxide ban has not stopped widespread use, organised criminal distribution or hazardous litter, with exploding canisters causing millions of euros in waste-management damage.

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Brussels will cut off ordinary consumers from nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. It is used in whipped cream canisters, but young people abuse it as a party drug. They ride it with inflatable balloons because it induces an immediate state of euphoria and laughter, is inexpensive and does not leave bad breath or a morning hangover. In addition, discarded pressure containers cause devastating explosions in waste incinerators.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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iDNES.cz broke the news in Čestlice, Czechia on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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