Summer Shirey amp Johamile VieraFeliciano What are inhalants Inhalants are ordinary house products that are inhaled or sniffed in order to get high There are hundreds of household products that can be misused as inhalants ID: 504664
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Inhalants
Summer Shirey & Johamile Viera-FelicianoSlide2
What are inhalants?
Inhalants are ordinary house products that are inhaled or sniffed in order to get high. There are hundreds of household products that can be misused as inhalants. Slide3
Slang names
Some slang names for inhalants are:
Solvents, glue, laughing gas, whippitts, gas, nitrous, blue bottle, liquid incense, room deodorizer, rush, locker room, poppers, and snappers. Slide4
How does it enter your body?
These products are sniffed, snorted, bagged (fumes inhaled from a plastic bag), or “huffed” (inhalant-soaked rag, sock, or roll of toilet paper in the mouth) to achieved a high. Inhalants are also sniffed directly from the container. Slide5
How does it affect you?
Slurred speech
Uncoordinated movements
Dizziness
Confusion
Nausea
Vomiting
HallucinationsSlide6
Cont.
Weight loss
Muscle weakness
Disorientation
Headaches
Irritability
DepressionSlide7
Is it used medically?
Dentists usually use laughing gas on their patients to relieve the pain. They are also used to treat respiratory conditions such as asthma. Slide8
Facts
More than 22.1 million Americans have experimented with inhalants at some point in their lives.
An annual average of 593,000 teen aged 12-17 had used inhalants before they took the survey
22% of inhalant abusers who died of Sudden Sniffing Death were first time users.
By the time U.S students reach 8th grade, 1 in every 5 students will have used inhalants.Slide9
Categories:
Liquids: Evaporate at room temperatures.
Sprays: Spray paints, deodorants and hair spray, vegetable oil sprays.
Gases: Medical anesthetics, butane lighters, propane tanks, and whipped cream dispensers.
Nitrites: Special kind of inhalants which act directly on the central nervous system. They are used as sexual enhancers called “poppers” or “snappers.” Slide10
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392jFOsvpoQSlide11
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