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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by ars on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:13AM (#13253041)
I presume you mean illegal nitrous oxide in the balloons? I would assume those come from diverted medical supply, and the article said medical supply is served first.
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Re:The real reason grocery stores are running out of whipped... by jimmywanger on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:52AM (#13253138)
> I would assume those come from diverted medical supply

Not necessarily. A lot of head shops in Berkeley sell capsules full of nitrous, if you want to make your own whipped cream.

https://www.amazon.com/Cafe-Creme-Nitrous-Whipped-Chargers/d.... They look like C02 cartridges for airguns.

Coincidentally, the same stores sell balloons and devices (crackers) for releasing the nitrous from the cartridges.

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