Detroit — Whippets, metal canisters of nitrous oxide that some use for a quick high, have become the scourge of many Metro Detroit communities where they're tossed on streets, fields and parks once ...

The Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday approved bills aimed at limiting the recreational use and abuse of nitrous oxide canisters, often called whippets or whip-its. The bills, which now ...

Grammy-winning R&B powerhouse SZA is once again putting her platform to use, not for a new album drop or tour announcement, but to call out America’s rampant neglect in protecting children from the ...

Minnesota lawmakers are working to become only the second to ban nitrous oxide - or "whippet" - canister sales.

DETROIT – Community leaders, organizations and volunteers gathered on Saturday to clear whippet canisters from the streets of Southwest Detroit. The Southwest Detroit Whippet Wipeout Campaign ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — There was a time when tiny metal canisters known as whippets littered park areas in Southwest Detroit and other communities across Southeast ...

Tulane University officials are addressing the use of whippits off campus following a viral video after Mardi Gras. The video showed what appeared to be used whippits scattered around the ground at an ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It’s a good thing that New York State lawmakers are working to keep kids from getting their hands on dangerous substances. Like whipped cream canisters. New York stores have ...

SZA recently shared that she used her influence to stop a child from indulging in “whippets” — a slang term for nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) which is inhaled for a quick high. The Grammy ...