Erowid Library/Bookstore : 'Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide'

Modern humans must learn how to relate to psychoactives
responsibly, treating them with respect and awareness,
working to minimize harms and maximize benefits, and
integrating use into a healthy, enjoyable, and productive life.

Laughing Gas

Nitrous Oxide

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Author(s) :

Michael Shedlin

David Wallechinsky

Pages :

Pub Date :

1973,1992

Edition(s) at Erowid :

1973(pb,1st ed,vg-),1992(pb,2nd ed,fine)

Publisher :

And/Or Press(1973), Ronin Pub(1992)

ISBN :

0914171526

BACK COVER #

(From 1992 Edition) Inhaling laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, has gained a new popularity. Yet recent discoveries about the dangers of inhaling the gas are not widely disseminated. These developments make this underground classic more important and relevant than ever. Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide includes :

The fascinating 200 year history of gas
Classic writing on gas by William James and others
An Introduction on pharmacological developments
Dangers, precautions and recent discoveries
Wonderful drawings, lithographs and photographs
Existential accounts of personal experiences with gas
Philosophical ruminations on the meaning of gas
An informative cartoon strip by cartoonist Larry Todd
A collectible cover by comix super-star R. Crumb

Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide belongs in the library of every person interested in psychoactive substances.

BLURBS #

"Definitive funky text...includes delightful history ... and safety precautions."
-- Whole Earth Review

"Laughing Gas is the fruit of three years research by twelve amiable freaks who call themselves the East Bay Chemical Philosophy Symposium."
-- High Times Magazine