In the UK, it can seem that the "harm reduction" resources on offer mainly consist of scaremongering tactics: government campaigns showing images of drug users freaking out as the word PARANOIA flashes across the screen. This is the remedy.As part of a new VICE harm reduction campaign, Safe Sesh, we are launching a series of short films which offer realistic and practical advice for the taking of all of the UK's favourite drugs, delivered by a scientist from drug testing non-profit organisation The Loop. In this episode, we discuss the now-restricted – but also now-maybe legal again? – nitrous oxide.More on VICE:Inside the Criminal Trend of Stealing Laughing Gas from HospitalsThe Psychoactive Substances Act Is Mostly Helping London Police Arrest NOS SellersWhy Were Devon and Cornwall Police Selling Laughing Gas On eBay?NOS Balloons, Shotter Bags and Squat Parties: Understanding the New Urban British Teenager
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