Police in Pierce County, Washington, arrested a woman multiple times this month for driving while using whippets, or laughing gas.
Prosecutors in the county, south of Seattle, put out two $50,000 DUI warrants for the suspect’s arrest Monday as “a high-risk danger to the community” after the string of whippets-related incidents, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. The office did not name the 46-year-old suspect arrested Wednesday.
Whippets, or nitrous oxide, can be used recreationally as a sedative that induces hallucinogenic and euphoric effects in users, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…