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Researchers suggest that inhalants have been used since ancient times for recreation.
It is more established, however, that inhalant use began with the discovery of laughing gas, about 1770-1800.

The 50's saw a rise of gasoline inhalation and the 60's saw glue sniffing begin.

Nitrite use began in the 70's and was popular in the gay community. Users of nitrites experienced sexual rushes rather than the psychoactive effects of other inhalants.

Filips, Janet D. "Inhalants." 🤬 and Controlled Substances: Information for Students, edited by Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp, Gale, 2003, pp. 231-242. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3402000115/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL&xid=94cab299. Accessed 17 May 2018.

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As said before inhalants are completely legitimate legal products.
Degreasers
Gasoline
Glues
Expo Markers
Sharpies
White-Out
Vegetable Oil sprays
Anesthetics
Febreeze

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Desired effect:
Inhalants are legitimate and legal products. Inhalant abuse is when the inhalant is used on purpose to gain a high. The effects are different depending on the product, but most of them are dangerous as inhalants are toxic.

Health Consequences:
Volatile solvents are used to dissolve fat. When inhaled, this property causes the brain, which is rich in fat, to lose brain cells.

Filips, Janet D. "Inhalants." 🤬 and Controlled Substances: Information for Students, edited by Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp, Gale, 2003, pp. 231-242. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3402000115/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL&xid=94cab299. Accessed 17 May 2018.

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Inhalants are identified by three characteristics.
1. Volatile at room temperature.
2. Not classified as another drug.
3. Inhaled with the purpose of having mind-altering effects.

Filips, Janet D. "Inhalants." 🤬 and Controlled Substances: Information for Students, edited by Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp, Gale, 2003, pp. 231-242. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3402000115/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL&xid=94cab299. Accessed 17 May 2018.

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Air Blast
Bagging
Buzz Bomb
Discorama
Moon gas

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The term inhalants encompasses a broad range of substances that have different effects. As a result of this it is very difficult to classify them. One system divides them into four categories; volatile solvents, aerosols, gases, nitrites. Most inhalants are stimulants.

Volatile Solvents; Liquids that vaporize at room temperature. Ex. degreasers, gasoline, glues, correction fluids, felt-tip markers.

Aerosols; Sprays that use a propellant to aerosolize a solvent. Ex. spray paints, deodorant, vegetable oil sprays

Gases; Medical anesthetics. Ex. chloroform.

Nitrites; video head cleaners, room odorizers, leather cleaners, liquid aromas.

"Drug Facts: Inhalants." National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institute of
Health, Feb. 2017, www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/inhalants.
Accessed 18 May 2018.

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Inhalants are known to be among the first 🤬 that adolescents use and are a gateway to other, worse, 🤬. Studies show that inhalant abuse reaches it's peak of about 10% of children around 8th to 9th grade with 3% of children trying inhalants before 4th grade.

Inhalant abuse declines from 10th-12th grade because users have already moved on to more serious 🤬 or have dropped out and are no longer part of the sample size.

"Teen Inhalant Abuse Is a Serious Problem." Teen Drug Abuse, edited by Pamela Willwerth Aue, Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010436213/OVIC?u=lom_inac&sid=OVIC&xid=7f386165. Accessed 17 May 2018. Originally published in Research Report Series, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2005.