1. Brenda Salazar, Adriana Ruelas, Jacqueline Rubalcava
Inhalants
Brenda Salazar, Adriana Ruelas, Jacqueline Rubalcava

2. What are Inhalants?
Substances whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to achieve a mid-altering effect. Inhalants is a depressant.

3. Slang names Whippets Snot balls Huff Hippie crack Satan’s secret
Aroma of men
Toilet water

4. Short term effects Slurred speech Drunk, dizzy or dazed
Inability to coordinate movements
Severe headaches
Rashes around the nose and mouth

5. Long term effects Muscle weakness Depression Lack of coordination
Hearing loss
Death from heart failure of asphyxiation

6. Methods of use
Inhalants can be breathed in through the nose or mouth in a variety of ways such as:
“sniffing” or “snorting” fumes from containers
Spraying aerosols directly into the nose or mouth
“bagging” sniffing or inhaling fumes from substances sprayed or deposited inside a plastic or paper bag
“huffing” from an inhalant soaked rag stuffed into the mouth
Inhaling from balloons filled with nitrous oxide

7. Signs of addiction
An inhalants abuser may have paint on his face, he or she may smell of solvents, he may leave behind bags impregnated with gases.

8. Withdrawal symptoms and treatment options
Individual therapy
Group therapy
Family therapy
Relapse prevention instruction
Recreation therapy
Nausea
Excessive sweating
Muscles cramps
Headaches
Shaking and hallucinations

9. Statistics
Over 2.6 million children, aged 12-17, use an inhalant each year to get high
Inhalants tend to be the drug that is tried first by children
Inhalants are the fourth most-abused substance after alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana

10. Sources www.drugabuse.gov www.narconon.org/inhalent-signs-symptoms