Inhalant

The authorities said Colten Treu was high on an inhalant when he drove into a troop of Girl Scouts and parents who were cleaning the side of a road in Wisconsin.

More than 2.6 million children ages 12 through 17 use an inhalant each year, and a quarter of U.S. students have intentionally abused a common household product to get high by the time they reach eighth grade, ACE reported.

According to NIH, even a single session of inhalant abuse "can disrupt heart rhythms and lower oxygen levels", which can lead to death.

A number of 1970s punk rock and 1980s hardcore punk songs refer to inhalant use.

A selection of "poppers", which are small bottles of the intoxicative inhalant amyl nitrite Quaaludes were so commonly used at discos that the drug was nicknamed "disco biscuits".

A small number of recreational inhalant drugs are pharmaceutical products that are used illicitly, such as anesthetics (ether and nitrous oxide) and volatile anti- angina drugs ( alkyl nitrites ).

Despite being moved to the new community of Natuashish in 2002, serious inhalant abuse problems have continued.

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However, most inhalant abuse takes place when people inhale solvents by themselves or in groups of people who are intoxicated.

Inhalant use, especially glue sniffing, is widely associated with the late-1970s punk youth subculture in the UK and North America.

Inhalant users inhale vapors or aerosol propellant gases using plastic bags held over the mouth or by breathing from an open container of solvents, such as gasoline or paint thinner.

Inhaled solvents were ranked 13th in dependence, 13th in physical harm, and 8th in social harm. citation Statistics on deaths caused by inhalant abuse are difficult to determine.

In the US, thirty-eight of 50 states have enacted laws making various inhalants unavailable to those under the age of 18, or making inhalant use illegal.

It is also used as an inhalant drug that induces a brief euphoric state, and when combined with other intoxicant stimulant drugs such as cocaine or ecstasy (see MDMA ), the euphoric state intensifies and is prolonged.

It may be severely under-reported, because death is often attributed to a discrete event such as a stroke or a heart attack, even if the event happened because of inhalant abuse.

Only inhalant anthrax and pseudomonal infections in cystic fibrosis infections are licensed indications in the UK due to ongoing safety concerns.

Parkinsonism (see: Signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease ) has been associated with huffing. citation The middle container is cooking spray, a household product which is abused as an inhalant.

Patterns of non-medical use Gasoline (also known as petrol) is used as an inhalant in impoverished communities.

Some inhalant users are injured due to the harmful effects of the solvents or gases or due to other chemicals used in the products that they are inhaling.

The causes of death for inhalant users in Australia included pneumonia, cardiac failure/arrest, aspiration of vomit, and burns.