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Inhalants: Dangerous Drugs under your Nose. (Unit 1: Drugs and You).
Cocaine...marijuana... heroin...You probably recognize those as drugs that are illegal to use or possess. But what about these: nail polish remover, spray paint, lighter fluid, correction fluid? Are they drugs? Technically, these products aren't drugs, but they are "drugs of abuse" to people who inhale their fumes as a way to get high. The official name for inhalant abuse is "volatile substance abuse." You're more apt to hear it called "huffing," "sniffing," "snorting," or "bagging."
A volatile substance is one that goes into a gas-like state, or vaporizes, easily. These substances include: solvents and gases, nitrites, and anesthetics.
Nitrites are used in room odorizers. You may hear them referred to as "poppers" or "rush." Nitrous oxide is an anesthetic used for dental procedures. It is also known as "laughing gas," because it tends to cause uncontrolled giggling.
Solvents and gases are the inhalants most often abused, because they are readily available. Examples include:
* adhesives (airplane glue, rubber cement)
* aerosols (spray paint, hair spray, spray deodorant, air freshener)
* solvents (nail polish remover, paint remover, correction fluid, lighter fluid)
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- Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives August 1, 2005 700+ words
...lifetime use of inhalants is greater than...all aspects of inhalant abuse, this announcement...characterize addiction to inhalants and to compare the abuse of inhalants with abuse of other...alcohol. Insofar as inhalant abuse is an international...
- SC Johnson Applauds Senate Passage of Resolution Declaring October 15, 1998...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 16, 1998 700+ words
...statistics on inhalant abuse during that decade...youth have abused inhalants -- one in five...will have abused inhalants by the time they...will ever abuse inhalants. The EDUCATE...declaration of National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 9, 2004 700+ words
...abuse of inhalants. Recent...rates of inhalant abuse among sixth...had abused inhalants; Conecuh...reported inhalant abuse by 27 percent...reported abusing inhalants. Alabama...analysis of inhalant abuse among adolescents...
- Statewide Inhalant Abuse Education And Prevention Program Launched In Maryland...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 2, 2007 700+ words
...children are familiar with inhalants, their parents are not...Education. "The threat of inhalant abuse to the welfare of our...daughter Mackenzie died from inhalants. "As in the past...is the key to reducing inhalant abuse: kids who learn about...
- Deloris Jordan, SC Johnson, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and the...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 12, 1998 700+ words
...potentially deadly abuse. Inhalant abuse is the deliberate concentration...this issue in 1997. "Inhalant abuse is a growing problem...American youth has abused inhalants, a practice more commonly...or "sniffing." Inhalant abuse was at an all time...
- Statewide Program to Help Stop Inhalant Abuse Through New Jersey Schools.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 15, 2006 700+ words
...apply to inhalants, which experts...increase in inhalant abuse. "Corporate...Williams, an inhalant abuse victim...out about inhalants like we did...help battle inhalant abuse and it...themselves about inhalants and get to...
- Hazelden to Sponsor Community Workshop on Inhalant Abuse in West Palm Beach.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 21, 1999 700+ words
...and more. Inhalant abuse has been popular...graders have used inhalants at least once...1997 study. Inhalant abuse can be fatal...has lectured on inhalants in the United...develop several inhalant abuse prevention and...
- Inhalant Abuse Among Younger Children on the Rise; Ohio School Counselors...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 9, 2004 700+ words
...high." The Inhalant Abuse Prevention Program...having abused inhalants by eighth grade...risks of using inhalants to get high...teens abusing inhalants is very likely...addressing the treat of inhalant abuse among our children...