Michael Gove has announced laughing gas is to be banned to stop parks becoming "drug-taking arenas".
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary said canisters of nitrous oxide are not only an example of people "spoiling public spaces" but can have psychological and neurological effects on those who take them.
He said: "We can't have a situation where our parks, public spaces become drug taking arenas... these laughing gas canisters are becoming a scourge."
