"Whippets" is a street term for nitrous oxide, a popular party drug. Although nitrous oxide is legal, sniffing it is not. It gives a feel of euphoria when huffed, which only lasts a few minutes, so you need to keep huffing to keep the high going. Sniffing too many whippets can make...
WHEN ROBERT R.Ruffolo Jr.signed on at Wyeth in 2000,his mandate was simple:shake up the drugmaker's mediocre research-and-development operation.He has certainly succeeded.One of Ruffolo's first moves as executive vice-president of R&D was to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the company's...
However, 10% of all respondents and 15% of Canadian respondents to the 2021 Global Drug Survey reported having used nitrous oxide in the preceding year.” Several sources claim that the practice is more prevalent in males than in females. They speculate that guys are more likely to engage in...
not a serious, sit-around-and-do-it-all-day drug. But according to Howard, there are people who can find themselves tempted to do whippits all day every day: those who work with big tanks of nitrous oxide and are prone to boredom. Medical side effects can set in, he said, from “...