Illegal laughing gas, well known as the 'happy gas' on open sale in Thailand's Pattaya


Images from The Nation Thailand/ANN

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Illegal laughing gas was spotted being openly sold at a cannabis shop on busy Walking Street in Pattaya on Sunday night, despite regular police patrols in the area.

The Nation was tipped off that the shop, which sells legal marijuana products, was selling balloons filled with nitrous oxide (laughing gas) on the popular tourism street in the seaside town.

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