In New York, you can now be carded to buy not only alcohol and cigarettes but whipped cream as well.
A state law went into effect in November 2021 in an attempt to whip whippets, which are the cartridges inside whipped cream dispensers that contain nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas.
Nitrous oxide from whippets can be used to achieve a high.
The law restricted the sale of whippet cartridges and therefore whipped cream, to people above the age of 21. Violations can result in a $250 fine on a first offense, and a $500 fine on each subsequent offense.