Possession of Laughing Gas to Be Banned as UK Steps up Crackdown on Anti-Social Behaviour

Possession of Laughing Gas to Be Banned as UK Steps up Crackdown on Anti-Social Behaviour
Nitrous oxide canisters discarded by the roadside in Ebbsfleet, England, in January 2020. PA
Alexander Zhang
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The UK government will make possession of laughing gas a criminal offence as part of its new measures to crack down on anti-social behaviour.

The government also said it will impose tighter controls on retailers to prevent the supply of the substance—also known as nitrous oxide—for misuse.