The Laughing Gas Epidemic: A Cautionary Tale of Consumerism Gone Wild The recent bust of a large scale laughing gas trafficking ring in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has exposed the darker side of the global party scene.
With a $1 million turnover, this operation may seem small time compared to other illicit trades, but it's a symptom of a more insidious issue: the normalization of reckless consumerism.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is just one aspect of a broader phenomenon where young people engage in high risk behavior for entertainment.