You just have to blow it through a folded up rag usually... Otherwise, do you think an addict would stop just because it tastes bad?

was it ever plesant to begin with

Was gonna say, isn't it mostly NO2 things for making whippy cream that people huff. And butane although that's riskier.

Compressed air tastes awful, even when directed into an aging 1060.

At my age I can get high just by standing too fast.

Probably safer, too.