Sinn Féin has announced that it will bring forward legislation on nitrous oxide or "silver bullets" to prevent young people from abusing the drug.
Mark Ward, the party’s spokesperson on mental health, warned that young people are playing "Russian Roulette" by taking laughing gas as the long term effects are unknown.
A recent report from the HSE’s Adolescent Addiction Service showed that 22 per cent of young people admitted to taking Nitrous Oxide. This, the report states, was a 175 per cent increase compared to 2021.
