Don't try this at home kids. (Do it at the neighbor's place.)
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Article from the good old days on how to make the delightful recreational drug, nitrous oxide. [a href="vny!://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/07/the-gas-that-makes-you-laugh/"]Link to Modern Mechanix.com[/a][br clear="all"] [em][/em]
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*inhaling from balloon*
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tenkani wrote:
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Heh heh heh, yeah, I attended a few Nitrous Parties way back when. It's a good thing that shit isn't explosive or we'd have blown a crater in my neighborhood a mile across. And we'd have still been laughing as we fell back to Earth from 10,000 feet up . . .
Apart from the cost (and probable brain damage), it was an outstanding drug. In intense, mind numbing, orgasmic high that lasts only as long as the gas is running. Then no hangover and you're good to drive or whatever.
For my friends and I it was expensive because we bought those little finger sized cannisters in 12 packs. I think it came out to like 75 cents a hit. I'm sure it would have been more reasonable if we'd have bought a whole tank, but a kid walking into a supply store and asking for a tank of nitrous might have raised eyebrows...
wouldn't huffing aerosol be cheaper?
Probably, but I think nitrous is likely not as devastating for your noggin in the long term.
Nitrous oxide is harmless and non-irritating to
the respiratory tract, but concentrations over
50 ppm reduce dexterity, cognition and motor
and audiovisual skills (Adriani, 1983;[NL]
Ellenhorn and Barceloux, 1988).
[NL]
Because of the high concentration of nitrous oxide required to
produce and maintain anaesthesia, hypoxia is an unavoidable
accompaniment to its use. During induction with high
concentrations of nitrous oxide, the oxygen in the lungs is
rapidly used up and the anoxia with increased respiratory
effort causes rapid depletion of carbon dioxide in the
tissues. [NL]
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Absence of carbon dioxide and depression of the medullary
centres by the anaesthetic quickly lead to respiratory failure,
and rarely, the patient's cerebral function fails to recover
from cerebral damage caused by the prolonged anoxia. The
brain suffers anoxia from the very beginning of the
administration of the gas, and not from just the moment of
cessation of respiratory movements. Thus, the period of
anoxia may be five minutes or more, sufficient to cause
permanent brain damage in the susceptible individual. The
arbitrary "safe period" of eight minutes may be too long for
some patients (Thienes and Haley, 1972).
....that said, it's a great little kick, innit? Did it at work a few times, and it was like, "where am I?.... where (and what) is everything??" Freaky and fun[NL]
Great info!! Something to keep in mind!
Although when you're sucking it out of a balloon you basically inhale, hold for maybe ten second until you start to lose bodily control and then collapse into bliss. In other words, there's a huge difference between taking single hits recreationally and actually being attached to a mask for a prolonged period.
Oh, for anyone who's never tried it and is considering it (not that I'm encouraging you), make sure that you are reclining comfortably and safely when you do nitrous. If you're standing, chances are you will collapse like a rag doll when it hits.
It has been sooo long since i did nitrous, not gonna rush out to get some tonight though. I remember doing nitrous at a rave out of the hugh balloons what a trip.
I miss my early 20's
The one time I had nitrous it was sort of nightmarish. (And not just because they were scraping my wisdom teeth out!) I had a lot of auditory and tactile hallucinations and felt panicky, worried that the feeling would never go away. Yipes! Maybe my dentist gave me too much.
But I have to confess... I loves me dem prescription opiates. It's a very good thing they don't sell Percodan at the Piggly Wiggly, or I'd be a mess.
They make me feel so loving. One time I ended up at the grocey store on Darvon, staring at the breakfast cereals, going, "They're so... beautiful! Look at them!"
Thank God I have to be injured to get them. Keeps me in line!
"They make me feel so loving. One time I ended up at the grocey store on Darvon, staring at the breakfast cereals, going, "They're so... beautiful! Look at them!"
ROFL, primefactor.
I had that panicky experience too, pf. I've never had a panic attack, but it was the closest thing I [/DIV] imagine it would be like. I find I get a husky voice too. What's with that ??? lol
I think the husky voice that comes with opiates is due to the deep relaxation they provide, loosening the vocal cords. Had a bunch of percocets left over that the dentist prescribed for me once - when I ran out of 'em, it was like I'd lost a friend or something. Had to put off seeing the dentist until after the expiry date.