Detroit — Whippets, metal canisters of nitrous oxide that some use for a quick high, have become the scourge of many Metro Detroit communities where they're tossed on streets, fields and parks once ...

SOUTHWEST DETROIT (WXYZ) — You may have seen whippets and not even know it. Whippets are small silver canisters that contain pressurized nitrous oxide. But those ...

Stores in New York are now enforcing an age restriction on the sale of refillable whipped cream canisters due to the dangers these pose as a potential recreational drug known as whippets. New York ...

“Sorry to be old n annoying but.. Is no one gonna talk about how galaxy gas came out of no where and is being MASS marketed to black children? the government is doing NOTHING ? .. since when are we ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — It’s been years of work for Laura Chavez and the Whippet Wipeout Campaign to get to this moment of passing a new law that goes into effect Monday ...

Grammy-winning R&B powerhouse SZA is once again putting her platform to use, not for a new album drop or tour announcement, but to call out America’s rampant neglect in protecting children from the ...

Nitrous oxide canisters and balloons for inhaling. Photo courtesy Cleveland Clinic Whippets, inhalant drugs also known as “laughing gas” or nitrous oxide, have become increasingly popular among ...

More people are getting addicted to nitrous oxide, which can cause nerve damage, paralysis and even death. The U.S Food and Drug Administration has put out a new warning about the danger of inhaling ...

The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday approved bills aimed at limiting the recreational use and abuse of nitrous oxide canisters, often called whippets or whip-its. The bills, which now ...

DETROIT – Community leaders, organizations and volunteers gathered on Saturday to clear whippet canisters from the streets of Southwest Detroit. The Southwest Detroit Whippet Wipeout Campaign ...

Tulane University officials are addressing the use of whippits off campus following a viral video after Mardi Gras. The video showed what appeared to be used whippits scattered around the ground at an ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It’s a good thing that New York State lawmakers are working to keep kids from getting their hands on dangerous substances. Like whipped cream canisters. New York stores have ...