Drug Padlet by https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2017-03-02 17:56:05 UTC 2025-10-05 23:33:42 UTC hello@padlet.com What drug did you Pick, And Why? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157421861 I picked "Inhalant" because it seems like an interesting type of drug to learn about and because  I would like to  know more about how teens our age abuse it and what it kind of side effects does it have.]]> 2017-03-02 17:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157421861 How is this Drug Consumed? What are the ingredients used to make this drug? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157422464 The way the drug "inhalant" is consumed is by spraying  aerosols directly into the nose or mouth. Sniffing or inhaling fumes from substances sprayed or placed into a plastic or paper bag ("bagging") ("huffing") from an inhalant soaked rag in the mouth. Inhaling from balloons filled with nitrogen oxide.   
Active ingredients vary, but most common ones are nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, chlorohyrocarbons (aerosol spray) and hydrocarbon (solvents). The main active ingredient in inhalants are household products that can be misused as inhalants. Active ingredients vary, but most common ones are nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, chlorohydrocarbons (aerosol spray) and hydrocarbon (solvents). 
 
]]> 2017-03-02 17:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157422464 What is the Percentage of Teens that Use it an why? What is the USA percentage? Word Wide? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157423036 More than 22.9 million Americans have experimented with inhalants. Over 2.6 million children aged 12-17 use an inhalant each year to get high. 59% of children are aware of friends hugging at the age 12. A little over 2% of 24.6 million individual aged 12 or older were currents user of inhalants in 2013. 
 
]]> 2017-03-02 18:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157423036 How does your dug affect the brain? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157424222 The chemicals abused by inhalants users affect different parts of the brain, producing a variety of sensory and psychological disorders. Inhalants can cause… the chemical abused by inhalant user affect different parts of the brain, producing a variety of sensory and psychological disorders. Many inhalants are thought  to dissolve the  protective myelin sheath that surrounds neurons, brain cells - resulting cell death 
  • impaired thinking and memory 
  • Seizures 
  • Physical addiction  
 
]]> 2017-03-02 18:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157424222 What are Short Term and Long Term Effects of your drug? Can the use of the drug be fatal? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157424860 Yes, inhalants can be fatal.  Like most street drugs, inhalants can be deadly. Someone can  die from abusing inhalants after doing it  only once… Sudden sniffing death syndrome (SSDS) This is the most common cause of death from inhalant use. The inhalant can cause irregular heartbeats and cardiac arrest when the heart suddenly stops.
Short Term Effects:
  • Slurred speech 
  • Drunk, dizzy or dazed appearance 
  • Inability to coordinate movement 
  • Hostility 
  • Unconsciousness
  • Rashes around the nose and mouth 
 
Long Term Effects: 
  • Muscle weakness 
  • Disorientation 
  • Lack of coordination
  • Depression 
  • Serious and sometimes irreversible damage to the  heart, liver, kidneys, lungs and brain 
  • Hearing loss
  • Boone marrow damage 
  • Death from heart failure or asphyxiation (loss of oxygen)
  
]]> 2017-03-02 18:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157424860 Where can someone go for help to stop using this drug? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157425591 Treatment for inhalants abuse or addiction may include the following therapies techniques:
  • Individual therapy 
  • Group therapy 
  • Family therapy 
  • 12 step education
  • Relapse prevention instruction 
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • Biofeedback and Neurofeedback
  • Recreation Therapy 
 
]]> 2017-03-02 18:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157425591 Write down 10 facts that people should know about this drug santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157697253
  • Inhalants are also known as "laughing gas".
  • People often don’t realize that inhaling their fumes, even just  once, can be very harmful to the brain and body can lead to death.
  • The chemicals found in these products can change the way the brain works and cause  other problems in the body.
  • Inhalants are often among the first drugs that young adolescents use. In fact, they are one of the few classes of drugs  that are more by younger adolescent's than older ones.
  • Inhalants can become chronic and continue into adulthood
  • Research in animal models shows that toluene can affect  he brain in a way that is similar to other drugs of use .
  • Over 2.1  million kids, ages 12-17, have used inhalants to get high  
  • The high usually lasts only a  few minutes,  causing people to continue the high by inhaling repeatedly, which is very dangerous 
  •  Because inhalant abuse deaths are often attributed to other causes, no one will know for certain how many  lives are taken by inhalants abuse
  • Many youngsters say they  began sniffing in grade school. In fact, abuse of inhalants often begins at age  10 or 11, although children as young as six have been known to experiment with inhalants 

    • ]]>     2017-03-03 18:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157697253     What are your feelings about the Drug? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157699606 I don’t recommend anyone to ever use inhalants they seem like a very dangerous drug. 
    I think inhalants are a drug everyone should know about because we as students or even parents can have 
    Things all over the house that can be used as inhalants and parents should be aware of all this and get to know more about them so they can be more informed, so they can prevent  their kids from using them.
    Also because when you do use inhalants they can lead you to death. 
     
     
    ]]>     2017-03-03 18:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157699606     Inhalants Health Video santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157707338 2017-03-03 18:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157707338 The Truth About Drugs Documentary: Inhalants santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157707934 2017-03-03 18:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157707934 Teen Inhalant Addiction santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157709156 2017-03-03 18:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157709156 Can your drug cause and lifestyle diseases? santojes007 https://padlet.com/santojes007/j0fmxtecm6od/wish/157709992 The Drug Inhalants can  cause Diseases such as
    Lung diseases caused by smoking or sniffing inhalants. Inhalant abusers risk an array of other devastating medical consequences. The highly concentrated chemicals in solvents or aerosol sprays can induce irregular and rapid heart rhythms and lead to fatal heart failure within minutes of a session of prolonged sniffing. This syndrome, known as "sudden sniffing death," can result from a single session of inhalant use by an otherwise healthy young person. Sudden sniffing death is associated particularly with the abuse of butane, propane, and chemicals in aerosols
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