Call for action over youths using nitrous oxide in Newport
Councillors have voiced fears over incidents of youths in Newport using nitrous oxide - and warned people involved of the risks to their health.
Newport's Safer Neighbourhood Team revealed last week that three youths were given "anti-social behaviour interventions" over the use of nitrous oxide in the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Church Aston.
The incident has raised concerns among town councillors, who say the use of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, has been a problem in the past – and is something they are keen to prevent getting out of hand.
"This has been going on for a long time," said councillor Peter Scott. "It started to become prevalent about five years ago and there were lots of little capsules being found around the town.
"We highlighted, at the time, what the problems and issues were in terms of both health and the impact on the environment through the littering.
