propensity said:

It isn't very dangerous. Heroin is very dangerous. Meth is very dangerous. Nitrous has some slight drawbacks, but I am none the worse for wear from doing it.

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Nice facts bra

starfire_xes said:

when you dive too deep, the weird shit is caused by n20.  'Nitrogen narcosis' or rapture of the deep.  A friend of mine who was a navy seal said he went to 300 ft and they switched him onto regular air, and he had to pick up a shackle and buckle it in front of an insturctor, he said it was so fucking hard because he was tripping from all the N2O.   I don't think the Navy would qualify divers like that if it was harmful.

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propensity said:

So you're saying basically that holding your breath kills braincells.

That has nothing to do with nitrous. Chemically it isn't dangerous and it will only harm you if you are irresponsible with it.

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irresponsible is such a vague word it reduces the warning to semantics.  Obviously harming yourself is irresponsible by definition, and that's what he needs information regarding


One thing to be concerned with nitrous from my recollection is that with constant administration you don't generally deliver a high enough concentration to have a marked anaesthetic effect unless the concentration of nitrous to air is above that which would induce a hypoxic state.  The implications of this to recreational use, especially non-continuous use, is not something I'm aware of.  I would imagine the recreational use generally should not produce anaesthetic concentrations, but I don't know.  (of course people don't die from using this stuff reasonably either, so that's always a thing to keep in mind when interpreting things like this)

The only other caution I know of not mentioned here is the fact that in anaesthetic application, the termination of nitrous/oxygen mixture delivery can often induce hypoxia due to the nitrous displacing room air as it difuses out of the blood, so it is recomended that oxygen alone follow termination of the N2O:O2 mix.  Once again, I have no idea of the implications for recreational use.

Personally, I imagine that there's nothing to worry about provided you
a) don't set up a system that requires active intervention to deliver room air- if you pass out this will likely kill you
b) don't use continuously-administered nitrous and take a breather between bouts
c) consider the drop in temperature that accompanies an expanding volume of gas and don't fuck up your pipes w/ frosty gas
d) don't put a condom over your head and release nitrous into the condom while your boyfriend screws you in the ass.  You'll probably die.  (seriously, this made shroomery news in the past)


Anyways, why isn't this in chem and pharmacology or ODD  Seems that is where this thread should go...

fostaar said:

starfire_xes said:

when you dive too deep, the weird shit is caused by n20.  'Nitrogen narcosis' or rapture of the deep.  A friend of mine who was a navy seal said he went to 300 ft and they switched him onto regular air, and he had to pick up a shackle and buckle it in front of an insturctor, he said it was so fucking hard because he was tripping from all the N2O.   I don't think the Navy would qualify divers like that if it was harmful.

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nah thats caused by N2, the gas that makes up 70% of the earths atmosphere. totally inert to us at normal pressure but stupifying when forced to diffuse into your body by high atmospheric pressure.
really interesting effect though

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