A growing list of Orange County cities is banning the sale of nitrous oxide — also known as whippets or laughing gas — for people looking to use the inhalant to get high.
While cities like Stanton, Costa Mesa and Santa Ana voted earlier this year to prohibit the sale of the gas for recreational use, Irvine city officials voted down a similar proposal, saying state law already prohibits the inhalant for people who want to get high.
The trend of banning whippets comes after Orange County’s Board of Supervisors voted to ban nitrous oxide sales in unincorporated areas earlier this year…