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Inhalants

Inhalants. Presented by: Aoi Kitaoka, Katt Nguyen, Olga Dix, and Jessica Wilkes. History of Inhalants. - Started in the 19th century - Founded by British chemist Sir Humphrey Davy, who suggested nitrous oxide could be used to reduce pain.

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Inhalants

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  1. Inhalants Presented by: Aoi Kitaoka, Katt Nguyen, Olga Dix, and Jessica Wilkes

  2. History of Inhalants - Started in the 19th century - Founded by British chemist Sir Humphrey Davy, who suggested nitrous oxide could be used to reduce pain. - Discovered that the gas could be used for "high" effects - Davy introduced the gas to a group of "celebrities" and started to market the gas. - American medical student Gardner Quincy Colton introduced the gas as the "Laughing Gas" at a Grand Exhibition.

  3. What is it: Inhalants are a breathable chemicals that produce psychoactive (mind-altering) vapors. Primarily, adolescents tend to use this drug. People do not usually think of inhalants as drugs because most of them were never meant to be used that way. They include solvents, aerosols, some anesthetics, and other chemicals. Aerosols that are used as inhalants include paints, cookware coating agents, hair sprays, and other spray products. Anesthetics include halothane and nitrous oxide (laughing gas). Amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite are inhalants that also are abused. Types: Adhesives: Model airplane glue, other glues, special elements. Aerosols:  Spray paint, hair spray, deodorant, air freshener. Cleaning Agents: Dry cleaning fluid, spot remover, degreasers. Food Products: Whipped cream aerosols. Solvents and Gases: Nail polish remover, paint remover, correction fluid, lighter fluid. Descriptors:

  4. Street Names - "Rush" - "Locker Room" - "Bolt" - "Climax" - "Bang" - "Bullet Bolt" - "Heart-on" - "Hiagra in a bottle" - "Hippie crack" - "Mon gas" - "Satan's secret" - "Whip It" 

  5. Average cost: • Fairly low  • Easily attainable - many of inhalants are common household products • Your household could be the home of hundreds of possible inhalants  • Over 636,000 adolescents have once abused this drug in a lifetime

  6. Short Term Effects • Headaches. • Muscles Weakness. • Abdominal Pain. • Sever Mood Swings And Violent Behavior. • Slurred Speech. • Numbness. • Tingling In Hands And Feet. • Nausea. • Hearing Loss. • Visual Disturbance.  • Depressed Reflexs. • Stupor.  • Loss Of Consciousnesses. • Limb Spasms. • Fatigue. • Lack Of Coordination. • Apathy. • Impaired judgment. • Dizziness. • Lethargy.

  7. Long Term Effects When a person has been using an inhalant for several hours at a time, it can damage the person permanently. The toxic chemicals from inhalants damage and kill the user's brain cells and parts of the nervous system. Inhalants also plays a big part in depression.

  8. How It's Taken There are many ways to use inhalants. 1. Put glue inside a plastic bag. Place the plastic bag over the mouth and nose and begin to inhale. This gives the user an instant high. 2. Inhaling from balloons or empty soda cans. 3. Inhaling chemicals such as nail polish remover. 4. Huffing, which includes soaking a cloth in the inhalant and sniffing the soaked cloth.

  9. Bibliography: http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-drug-abuse/inhalants-and-huffing.html http://www.beachpsych.com/pages/cc23.html http://cleanngreenpower.com/dangers-of-phenols-found-in-common-household-cleaners http://ll-images.veoh.com/image.out?imageId=media-v19590106dbq4wbnQ1262291157.jpg http://www.myartprints.com/kunst/john_linnell/portrait_sir_humphry_davy_177_hi.jpg http://www.well.com/user/woa/fsinhale.htm http://lifechoicestreatment.org/InhalantsVapor.gif http://camillaellis.wordpress.com/ http://www.enotes.com/drugs-substances-encyclopedia/inhalants/how-taken

  10. References • "History of Inhalants." Inhalant Abuse. N.p., 2004. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.      <http://www.inhalant-abuse.net/inhalants-history.htm>.  • "Huffing: Inhalant Effects, Statistics, and Treatment." Teenhelp. N.p., 2010.      Web. 22 Nov. 2010. <http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-drug-abuse/      inhalants-and-huffing.html>.  • "Inhalants." Internation Brief: Huffin-- The Abuse of Inhalants. National Drug Intelligence Center, n.d. Web. 1 July 2010. <http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs07/708/index.htm>.  • "Inhalants Facts (Whippets)." Above the Influence. National Youth Anti-Drug      Media Campaign, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.      <http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/facts/      drugs-inhalants.aspx?id=search_properInhalants>.  • "Inhalants - How Is it Taken?" ENotes. N.p., 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. <http://www.enotes.com/drugs-substances-encyclopedia/inhalants/how-taken>.  • "Inhalants -Info Facts." Inhalants -InfoFacts. NIDA, Mar. 2010. Web. 21 Nov.      2010. <http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/inhalants.html>.  • Sherman, Michael. "Inhalant Abuse by Children." BeachPsych. N.p., n.d. Web. 22      Nov. 2010. <http://www.beachpsych.com/pages/cc23.html>.  • "Street Terms: Drug and Drug Trades." White House Drug Policy. N.p., 6 April 2005. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. <http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByType.asp?intTypeID=34>.

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