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Anon goes to the store after turning 18 (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it maybe an US-exclusive thing? Due to less stricter regulations maybe? I'm from Europe and no compressed air was 18+ or had warning signs like "causes instant death"

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably because you can buy beer at 16, so no one is trying to get high on office supplies.

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not Europe but here in Norway I do see people huffing nitrous oxide. We do have a legal drinking age of 18 tho

[–] Anivia 11 points 2 months ago

Nitrous is not comparable to air dusters

[–] superkret 2 points 2 months ago

And a beer at the supermarket costs the equivalent of $18.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I'm in the US and haven't bought compressed air recently, but I definitely didn't need to present ID the last time I did.

This article says 38 states have age restrictions, but after a brief search, I couldn't find any evidence for this in my state (Utah). It's illegal to use it to get high and to sell it to someone with the understanding that they'll use it to get high. But now I'm curious, I'll have to ask the next time I'm at a store that sells it.