1. Solvents

2. What are Solvents? Solvents are… A type of inhalant
Known as volatile solvents: liquids that vaporize at room temperatures
Paint thinner, glue, gasoline, correction fluid, felt-tip marker fluid, and more
Found in some aerosols
Spray paint, hair spray, vegetable oil sprays

3. Some Solvents:

4. How they are used Sniffing or snorting Bagging Huffing
Spraying aerosols directly into the nose or mouth

5. The High Intoxication similar to alcohol
Slurred speech, euphoria, dizziness, inability to coordinate movements
Lightheadedness
Hallucinations
Delusions

6. Health issues “Sudden sniffing death” Asphyxiation Suffocation
Convulsions
Coma
Choking
Fatal injury

7. Health issues cont. Damage to protective sheath around nerve fibers
Damage to brain areas that control:
Movement, vision, hearing, and cognition.
Damage to:
Heart, lungs, liver, and kidney

8. Abuse
3.0 % of US children have tried an inhalant by the time they reach fourth grade making inhalants one of the first drugs that young children use
Use is more common from seventh to ninth grade, but decreases from tenth to twelfth grade
Gender differences in abuse show up at different ages