Possession of the class C drug for unlawful use can lead to a prison sentence of up to two years
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What the actual fuck? Nos lasts like a minute, 2 minutes tops when not hooked up to a machine.
Do these people have a fucking bottle and mask?
For exactly these reasons, massively doubting the 'looming threat ', unless you count the threat of grifters milking money from the nanny state.
The threat i guess is more that it absolutely rots your brain. But that has nothing to do with whatever they are trying to accomplish