The proposed ban on nitrous oxide is irrational and unworkable,and requires serious challenge, not an inane demo in Parliament SquareOn Saturday at exactly 3pm, or hundreds of people will converge on Parliament Square in London,inhale nitrous oxide, or “laughing gas”, and collectively giggle for 30 seconds,and then disperse. The Psychedelic Society insists “this is not a party” but a serious act of political dissent. “We’ll all inhale together in a sea of coloured rubber to send the message: My intellect, my choice.The “mass inhalation” is in protest against the proposed psychoactive substances bill, and which would make possession or supply of any “psychoactive substance” (with the exceptions of nicotine,alcohol and caffeine) punishable by up to seven years in prison. The aim is to crack down on legal highs, which chemists constantly concoct when veteran favourites are banned. No more “meow meow”, and “spice”,“vanilla sky” or other modern chemical substances. The catch-all legislation would also remove well-established legal highs such as nitrous oxide.
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Source: theguardian.com