{"id":100820,"date":"2023-09-01T21:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/could-a-uk-laughing-gas-ban-cause-more-harm-than-good-bbc-newsnight\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T21:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:00:39","slug":"could-a-uk-laughing-gas-ban-cause-more-harm-than-good-bbc-newsnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/could-a-uk-laughing-gas-ban-cause-more-harm-than-good-bbc-newsnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a UK laughing gas ban cause more harm than good? &#8211; BBC Newsnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Pzb0TWtgZAs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Could a UK laughing gas ban cause more harm than good? - BBC Newsnight\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pzb0TWtgZAs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Newsnight has been told by leading clinicians across health trusts in the UK that they are seeing a sharp increase in nitrous oxide users under 25 with serious health issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nitrous oxide is often known as laughing gas or \u2018nos\u2019, and the legalities around its use are complex.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently placed within the Psychoactive Drug Act 2016, which stipulates that it is illegal to supply the drug for recreational purposes, but possession is not illegal. <\/p>\n<p>However the Prime minister is committed to banning the substance as a class C drug by the end of the year, which will make possession a crime. <\/p>\n<p>Now medical professionals have written to the Policing minister Chris Philp saying that making possession of the drug illegal was &quot;unlikely to translate to health benefits in our patients,&quot; and that \u201cfear of arrest could increase harm\u201d\u00a0as people may delay coming to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Newsnight\u2019s Yasminara Khan reports. 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