In the throes of her addiction, Rosenthal said she bought them in droves. “My whole apartment was just filled with the little canister things,” Rosenthal said.

New York recently banned the sale of whipped cream chargers and cartridges to people under age 21 in response to a rising concern about whippets, a recreational drug activity.

It's an inhalant known as "whippets," and it can be easily found in whipped cream canisters, which contain little chargers that are filled with nitrous oxide.

With chroming, teens are using ordinary food products like whipped cream to get high. The company Galaxy Gas, which sells canisters of nitrous oxide to help turn liquid cream into foam for drinks ...

Teenage addict warns others to stay away from whipped cream drug The 19-year-old is begging others to stay away from a household product that led to her nearly fatal drug addiction.

Ms Day purchased the gas canisters – typically found in whipped cream cans – using a buy-now-pay-later app and picked them up from tobacconists and convenience stores.

A law intended to curb the inhalation of nitrous oxide among teenagers was interpreted by some to be an all-out ban on whipped-cream canisters.

In the throes of her addiction, Rosenthal said she bought them in droves. “My whole apartment was just filled with the little canister things,” Rosenthal said.

Teenage addict warns others to stay away from whipped cream drug The 19-year-old is begging others to stay away from a household product that led to her nearly fatal drug addiction.