MindFuel Blog

The New Zealand government has recently announced its plan to reclassify nitrous oxide from a prescription medicine to a psychoactive substance if sold for recreational use, intensifying penalties for both sellers and users. As a leading smartshop in New Zealand, we strongly oppose this move, advocating instead for strict regulation rather than outright prohibition.

A Christchurch woman who hit rock bottom due to a nitrous oxide addiction is calling for revised regulations around its supply. At the height of her addiction she was going through 160 canisters a day, eventually, as would be expected, suffering a number side effects from such excessive usage.Nitrous oxide, a colourless gas also known as laughing gas, nangs, NOS...