It is illegal for New Yorkers under age 21 to purchase a can of whipped cream, according to recently-passed state law.
The law, which went into effect in November 2021, is meant to prevent teenagers from using canned whipped cream to inhale nitrous oxide, otherwise known as "whippets." The legislation specifically names "whipped cream chargers" – small steel cartridges of nitrous oxide used in whipped cream dispensers. Stores in Albany have started to ID shoppers looking to purchase cans of whipped cream.
"Inhalants are invisible, volatile substances found in common household products that produce chemical vapors that are inhaled to induce psychoactive or mind-altering effects," according to a US Drug Enforcement Administration factsheet.
In Texas, eighteen to twenty year olds are not prohibited from carrying a gun. In New York, they cannot buy whipped cream. You can't make this up. Nobody would believe it.
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ReplyDeleteI can tell you where I'd rather live, and it's not NYFS.
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