New health warning over 'hippy crack': Tiny cannisters are causing FROSTBITE in teens, surgeons say

New health warning over 'hippy crack': Tiny cannisters are causing FROSTBITE in teens, surgeons say British burns specialists have shared shocking images of the injuries suffered over the years, warning that nitrous oxide cannisters can easily trigger the little-known complication. 

The drug, also nicknamed 'laughing gas' or 'nos', is loved by teenagers. Cannisters containing it litter streets and parks across the UK. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Experiences of frostbite injury from recreational use of nitrous oxide canisters in a UK burns centre – not a laughing matter (abstract) Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery