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N2O

Nitrous Oxide

Also known as Hippy Crack · Nitro · NOS · Laughing Gas · Nangs

Acute: High riskDependency: Moderate risk

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Routes
Inhaled
Form
Gas
Shulgin rating
++

Duration

Onset
30 Seconds
Total duration
3 Minutes

Experience

Primary effects

  • Headspace dissipates, distancing from physical being, immediate but quick effect.

Peak character

  • A 'wham bam' type of hit with little fulfillment or pleasure, suggesting a rapid and perhaps shallow experience.

Aftereffects / comedown

  • Strangely calm and almost sedated for a period after the experience.

Reagent testing

Adulterant detection: Nitrous oxide gas — no applicable colorimetric test. Industrial N2O may contain sulphur dioxide impurities (detectable by smell) or oils. Medical/culinary grade is safer.

No applicable chemical reagent test for a gas. Use culinary or medical-grade N2O cartridges to avoid industrial contaminants.

Source

Reference fields and narrative for N2O extracted from The Drug Users Bible by Dominic Milton Trott (MxZero Publishing, 2022).

drugusersbible.com

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