Eli5: what are ‘whippets’ and how exactly are they dangerous?

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I’ve heard some about them from recent resurgences of people trying to sell them, as well as vague information about them being dangerous but I have yet to see any in-depth explanation as to how specifically they’re dangerous.

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Whippets is inhaling compressed nitrogen (or nitrous oxide).

The name comes from whipped cream bottles, where people used to hold whip cream upwards so the cream wouldn’t come out and just forcible inhale the compressed nitrogen.

They’re dangerous because the way they get you “high” is because when you inhale compressed nitrogen, it displaces actual oxygen you need to breath. Making you feel lightheaded and kinda high. But long term if you do it a lot, you’re just repeatedly denying your brain of oxygen.

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