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| Street Names Description Inhalants are common household and workplace substances that are sniffed or huffed to give the user an immediate head rush or high. They include a diverse group of chemicals that are found in consumer products such as aerosols plastic cement, fingernail polish remover, lighter fluid, hair spray, insecticides and cleaning solvents. Sniffing highly concentrated amounts of the chemicals in solvents or aerosol sprays can directly induce heart failure and death. High concentrations of inhalants also cause death from suffocation by displacing oxygen in the lungs and then in the central nervous system so that breathing stops. People who use inhalants get a quick, giddy head rush. They are cheap and or readily available making them an easy choice for those who use them. Users feel slightly stimulated and uninhibited, but within a minute or two, a major headache comes on (the first indication that this is a bad idea). Hallucinations and numb hands and feet are often part of the package. Suffocation and sudden death can occur even on the first time. For additional drug information and street names please visit http://www.streetdrugs.org NIDA
Research Identifies Factors Related to Inhalant Abuse, Addiction
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