Inhalants Summer Shirey & Johamile Viera-Feliciano

What are inhalants? Inhalants are ordinary house products that are inhaled or sniffed in order to get high. There are hundreds of household products that can be misused as inhalants.

Slang names Some slang names for inhalants are: Solvents, glue, laughing gas, whippitts, gas, nitrous, blue bottle, liquid incense, room deodorizer, rush, locker room, poppers, and snappers.

How does it enter your body? These products are sniffed, snorted, bagged (fumes inhaled from a plastic bag), or “huffed” (inhalant-soaked rag, sock, or roll of toilet paper in the mouth) to achieved a high. Inhalants are also sniffed directly from the container.

How does it affect you? ●Slurred speech ●Uncoordinated movements ●Dizziness ●Confusion ●Nausea ●Vomiting ●Hallucinations

Cont. Weight loss Muscle weakness Disorientation Headaches Irritability Depression

Is it used medically? Dentists usually use laughing gas on their patients to relieve the pain. They are also used to treat respiratory conditions such as asthma.

Facts More than 22.1 million Americans have experimented with inhalants at some point in their lives. An annual average of 593,000 teen aged had used inhalants before they took the survey 22% of inhalant abusers who died of Sudden Sniffing Death were first time users. By the time U.S students reach 8th grade, 1 in every 5 students will have used inhalants.

Categories: Liquids: Evaporate at room temperatures. Sprays: Spray paints, deodorants and hair spray, vegetable oil sprays. Gases: Medical anesthetics, butane lighters, propane tanks, and whipped cream dispensers. Nitrites: Special kind of inhalants which act directly on the central nervous system. They are used as sexual enhancers called “poppers” or “snappers.”

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