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Tammy Hughes and Sami Quadri

Nitrous Oxide: Laughing gas to be banned in crackdown on anti-social behaviour

The sale of laughing gas to the public will be banned as part of a wider crackdown on antisocial behaviour, a Cabinet minister has confirmed.

Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove said the “scourge” of nitrous oxide was turning public spaces into “drug-taking arenas” and was helping fuel anti-social behaviour that ministers are determined to stamp out.

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