National ban
State Secretary Blokhuis announced december 2019 notes that work is being done on a ban on laughing gas for recreational use. The reason was an advice from the drug assessment committee CAM. Earlier that year, the NOS reported that the number traffic incidents involving nitrous oxide had increased significantly and reported News hour an increase spinal cord injury treatments by laughing gas.
The nationwide ban would go into effect January 1 of 2021, but that turned out (.pdf) practically impracticable according to Blokhuis. When asked, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport stated that it aims to introduce the ban as soon as possible. “We can’t make it any more concrete than that at the moment,” said a spokesman.
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