{"id":2653,"date":"2026-03-26T21:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:15:37","slug":"nassau-county-restricts-whip-its-bans-sale-of-kratom-in-back-to-back-crackdowns-on-teen-drug-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=2653","title":{"rendered":"Nassau County restricts &#8216;whip-its,&#8217; bans sale of kratom in back-to-back crackdowns on teen drug trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nassau County has restricted the sale of nitrous oxide cartridges \u2014 also known as \u201cwhip-its\u201d and \u201claughing gas\u201d \u2014 only allowing licensed food businesses to sell the product teenagers are using to get high.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led legislature passed the bill on Monday, which was first introduced by Republicans in February, officially cracking down on vape shops and convenience stores hawking the inhalant to anyone who walks in without ID.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a responsibility to step in before more young people get hurt,\u201d the legislature\u2019s Presiding Officer Howard Kopel said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nassau County has restricted the sale of nitrous oxide cartridges. <span class=\"credit\">Love Employee \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new local law goes a step further than the state\u2019s own 2021 ban on selling the products to anyone under 21, with Nassau County now making it a misdemeanor for retailers to sell the canisters anywhere that isn\u2019t a licensed food business.<\/p>\n<p>According to the legislature, the small metal cartridges have real uses in commercial kitchens as a whipping agent \u2014 but have increasingly been misused as a recreational inhalant \u2014 a practice that can cause oxygen deprivation, blood clots, nerve damage, heart palpitations, loss of consciousness, psychosis, numbness, spinal cord and brain damage, paralysis, and even death.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe have a responsibility to step in before more young people get hurt,\u201d the legislature\u2019s Presiding Officer Howard Kopel said. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Presiding Officer Howard J. Kopel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The canisters are often marketed to young people under flashy brand names like Galaxy Gas, splashed with bright colors and fruity flavors like tropical punch and strawberry cream, and has led to a TikTok trend of inhaling the dangerous gas so rampant that the platform banned searches for \u201cnitrous oxide\u201d outright.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,200 Americans died from nitrous oxide poisoning between 2010 and 2023, and millions more get high on the gas each year \u2014 with users gravitating toward larger canisters roughly 40 times the standard culinary size, according to national data and Nassau County officials.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Under the new law, Nassau is now only allowing licensed food businesses to sell the pastry product teenagers are using to get high. <span class=\"credit\">ink drop \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gas is so dangerous that neurologists have even declared that nitrous oxide is \u201cmore dangerous than cocaine\u201d amid a dramatic uptick in young people experimenting with the drug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese products serve a legitimate purpose in the food industry,\u201d said Legislator Rose Walker, Chairwoman of the Health &amp; Social Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is how easy they\u2019ve become to buy and misuse. This legislation is about putting reasonable guardrails in place and protecting our community, especially our kids, from a serious and growing health risk,\u201d the legislator added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Legislator Rose Walker said the cannisters serve a legitimate purpose in kitchens but have become misused.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/rosewalker_17<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Violators face a $1,000 fine, up to a year in jail, or both \u2014 with steeper penalties for selling to minors and repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The ban comes just one week after Nassau County also unanimously fully barred the sale of kratom, an unregulated herbal supplement derived from a Southeast Asian plant that health officials warn can be dangerous and produce opioid-like effects in higher doses and has never been approved by the FDA.<\/p>\n<p>That ban strips the product from store shelves countywide and penalizes businesses that continue to sell it with no exceptions, again going further than existing state law, which only prohibits sales to those under 21.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The ban comes just one week after Nassau County also unanimously fully barred the sale of kratom. <span class=\"credit\">UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kratom is commonly sold at gas stations, smoke shops and convenience stores in the form of capsules, powders, teas and bottled drinks, often marketed as a natural remedy for pain or anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Both measures await County Executive Bruce Blakeman\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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