Transcript Inhalants - Capital High School

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.
- 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.
Descriptors:
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.
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"
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
Short Term Effects
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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.
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.
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.
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
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