This is not really about the social impact of Nitrous oxide use at all. The origin of the upset is based in the litering of the capsules used. The government

This is not really about the social impact of Nitrous oxide use at all. The origin of the upset is based in the litering of the capsules used. The government doesn't care about the underlying issue (the reason for public annoyance or such trivialities like the effectiveness of prohibition), they discovered this policy polls at >51% in a target demo (older folk) so the policy is a go.