... didn't do anything illegal when he inhaled nitrous oxide from a balloon to get high, but there's been a lot of tut-tutting about it, 'bad example', 'not concentrating on his football', sanctimonious faff for the most part. True, they also showed him smoking what was probably hash through what looked like a bong.
The geezer scored another brilliant goal yesterday or so and is fully entitled to do what he likes on his days off if you ask me.
Nitrous oxide isn't everyone's cup of tea. I've had it twice, once from a dentist for a wisdom tooth extraction and once from a doctor friend out of interest. It's a short term anaesthetic that knocks you out for a minute or two if that's what you're using it for. You wake up feeling very elated, and immediately get a headache. That's what it did for me and I don't go looking for it.
Presumably joy-puffers like Sterling don't pass out, they just get the elation and the headache.
I'm sure it has a certain medical utility, but it can be dangerous. Doctors in particular used to get NOX habits, and it wasn't unknown for them to fall asleep without turning the gas flow off, and die under the mask. Anything that can make you lose consciousness is dangerous.
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