{"id":4300,"date":"2020-01-29T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2020\/01\/29\/students-get-hippy-crack-corner-stores-selling-it-whipped-cream-chargers\/"},"modified":"2020-01-29T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:38:09","slug":"students-get-hippy-crack-corner-stores-selling-it-whipped-cream-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/students-get-hippy-crack-corner-stores-selling-it-whipped-cream-chargers\/","title":{"rendered":"Students get ‘hippy crack’ from corner stores selling it as whipped cream chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Hippy crack’ continues to flood Manchester\u2019s streets as stores and online services sell them under the guise of whipped cream chargers.<\/p>\n

The shiny metal cannisters contain nitrous oxide, a colourless gas, with cannisters commonly found on the streets of Manchester and consumed by students and other young people.<\/p>\n

It is illegal for individuals to consume the drug, but a loophole means it is legal to sell cannisters to improve the shelf-life of whipped cream.<\/p>\n

Cannisters are sold as whipped cream chargers by corner stores and online services.<\/p>\n

A shopkeeper from one such corner store confirmed to reporters from the Northern Quota that whipped cream chargers were available at the store.<\/p>\n

The only thing stopping our reporter buying the drug was the question: \u201cWhat are you going to use it for?\u201d<\/p>\n

The General Product Safety regulation 2005 states that retailers should not sell products which they suspect could be used for dangerous activities. But, this seems to be vague and easily avoidable.<\/p>\n

Two students confirmed to NQ that online services exist which run door-to-door delivery for nitrous oxide cannisters.<\/p>\n

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