General Article Taking laughing gas 600 times a week left me in a wheelchair

Topic Selected: Drugs Book Volume: 444

A woman left paralysed and in a wheelchair after taking 600 canisters of laughing gas a week has welcomed it being made illegal.

By Jasper King

Kerry-Anne Donaldson, 26, from Newham, London, became addicted to the high of nitrous oxide (NOS) at parties at the age of 18.

By the age of 21 her legs and feet went numb and she ended up in a wheelchair.

The numbness has now spread to her hands and after pushing herself to walk with crutches, she struggles like never before.

The Class C drug will be...

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