Around 7 a.m. Saturday morning, the firefighters intervened to resuscitate, without success, a young man in his twenties. In cardio-respiratory arrest, this inhabitant of Vitry-sur Seine would have, according to judicial and police sources and confirming information from the Parisianinhaled nitrous oxide, another name for laughing gas.
In the car of the deceased, cartridges of this laughing gas were found. A witness also confirmed to the police that the young man had consumed it shortly before his death. However, the autopsy and the toxicological examinations are still in progress, said the parquet floor of Créteil.
As a reminder, nitrous oxide has become in recent years a very widespread drug among young people. Dangerous, it can cause serious neurological and cardiac sequelae. Its use can even cause psychiatric disorders.