Jessica Oswald & Sydnee Spruiell Eldridge

In this week's episode, Syd covers the history of the 14th most-used drug in the world, nitrous oxide. With a long history as both an incredible medical breakthrough and as a party drug abused by every frat boy since the 1800's, N2O has a story that will have you thanking a chemist the next time you visit the dentist, or maybe even give birth! #thanksscience Send us an email at: [email protected] us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @malpracticepodcastIf you want to help us grow, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcast fix!Sources for this episode:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/?cmp=web_share&embed=true  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6637098/https://science.howstuffworks.com/nitrous-oxide2.htmhttps://www.docseducation.com/blog/wacky-history-nitrous-oxide-its-no-laughing-matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxidehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_use_of_nitrous_oxidehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Wells https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/style/nitrous-oxide-whippets-tony-hsieh.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/mbzxv3/a-brief-200-year-history-of-humanitys-love-for-laughing-gashttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59264-0https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/kzoibw/what_does_laughing_gas_feel_like/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1821130/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00312/fullhttps://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/nitrous-oxide-labor/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/malpractice)

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