Know the Facts.
Inhalants are ordinary household products that are inhaled or sniffed by children and adolescents to get high.

There are hundreds of household products on the market today that can be misused as inhalants and they are stored right under your kitchen sink or garage.

Examples of these products include model airplane glue, nail polish remover, cleaning fluids, hair spray, enamel paint, matt varnish aerosol spray, gasoline, the propellant in

aerosol whipped cream, spray paint, fabric protector, air conditioner fluid (Freon), cooking spray, and correction fluid.

These products are sniffed, snorted, bagged (fumes inhaled from a plastic bag), or "huffed" (an inhalant-soaked rag, sock, or roll of toilet paper is stuffed in the mouth) to achieve a high. Inhalants are also sniffed directly from the container.

Immediate Effects:
When inhaled via nose and/or mouth into the lungs, inhalants can cause intoxicating effects which last only a few minutes.

If taken repeatedly, intoxication will last several hours. Users feel slightly stimulated and feel less inhibited or less in control.

Users can lose temporary consciousness, numbness and tingling of hands or feet, abdominal pain, nausea, hearing loss, limb spasms, fatigue and loss of coordination.

Violent aggressive behavior, death and severe mood swings have also been reported in conjunction with inhalant abuse.

Other irreversible effects caused by inhaling specific solvents are hearing loss, limb spasms,

Other irreversible effects caused by inhaling specific solvents are hearing loss, limb spasms, central nervous system or brain damage. Serious but potentially reversible effects include liver and kidney damage and blood oxygen depletion.

Death from inhalants usually is caused by a very high concentration of fumes.

Deliberately inhaling from an attached paper or plastic bag or in a closed area greatly increases the chances of suffocation.













References:
NIDA - National Institute of Drug Abuse

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