From News Nation:
“New York enforces under-21
canned whipped cream ban”
Alcohol, tobacco, and now whipped
cream are illegal for purchase if you’re under the age of 21 in New York. The
2021 law is now being enforced, the Albany Times Union reports. While whipped
cream is unharmful in proper culinary use, teenagers have caught on to the
nitrous oxide gas located in the chargers of the whipped cream. The gas can
produce a high when inhaled. There’s even a name for the recreational use of the
drug — “whippets.” According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
factsheet, inhalants such as whippets can cause “damage to the parts of the
brain that control thinking, moving, vision, and hearing,” which one in five
young people have used by the time they reach the eighth grade. It’s a big
reason why New York Sen. Joseph Addabbo, D-Queens, sponsored the legislation
last year. “Nitrous oxide is a legal chemical for legitimate professional use,
but when used improperly, it can be extremely lethal,” Addabbo said in a
statement last year. “Sadly, young people buy and inhale this gas to get ‘high’
because they mistakenly believe it is a ‘safe’ substance. This law will
eliminate easy access to this dangerous substance for our youth,” he said. The
reason it’s just now being enforced in 2022, however, is due to “some sort of
reporting mechanism that just didn’t go the way it was supposed to,” Kent
Sopris, president of the New York Association of Convenience Stores, said to
the Times Union. “We had been tracking the bill last year, and when I looked in
the bill tracking file, there is just no indication that it was signed,” he
said. Retailers caught selling the canned good to minors face a $250 fine for
the first offense, and $500 if caught a second time.
^ New Yorkers 18, 19 and 20 years
old can join the Military and possibly die for their country, but they are
forbidden from buying whipped cream.
New York also allows legal
Recreational Drugs, but not whipped cream.
New scene in a New York Prison:
Man 1: What are you in for?
Man 2: Murder. You?
Man 1: Buying whipped cream when
19 years old.
Makes sense to me. ^
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