Drug History
Street Names
Withdraw Effects
Effects on Body
Other
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What is the history of inhalants from the 1800s or earlier?
The earliest signs of inhalant use was in ancient Egypt using incense, oils, resins, spices and perfumes in religious ceremonies to alter consciousness. In the 1800s nitrous oxide was often used for intoxication to create a short sense of euphoria.
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What is the street name for inhalants that starts with an H?
Huff
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What is the name of an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach and digestive region of the body caused by withdraw of inhalants?
Nausea
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What is a short term effect of inhalants?
Body spasms and slurred speech.
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Picture
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What is the history of inhalants from the 1920s?
In the 1920s inhalant use spiked when alcohol was made illegal in the U.S.A. Anesthetics used for recreational purposes continued to be a prominent inhalant throughout the US and Europe.
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What is the street name for inhalants that starts with an R?
Rush
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What is the name of the withdraw symptom caused by pain sensitive nerves called nociceptors in the head?
Headache
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What is a short term effect of inhalants?
Loss of consciousness or hallucinations.
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Statistic
Among people age 12 or older in 2021, 0.8% (about 2.2 million people) reported using inhalants in the past 12 months.
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What is the history of inhalants from the 1940s?
In the 1940s gasoline was easily accessible inhalant making it very popular.
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What is the street name for inhalants that starts with a W?
Whippets
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What is the withdraw symptom from inhalants that is commonly experienced to cool your body down when you exert yourself?
Excessive sweating
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What is a long term effect of inhalants?
Severe brain damage to thinking moving and seeing parts.
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Examples
Spray paint, glue, air from a whipped cream can, and many more.
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What is the history of inhalants from the 1950s?
Inhalant abuse grew in the 1950s as more teens started using inhalants since they became more widespread.
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What is the street name for inhalants that starts with a G?
Gluey
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What is the withdraw symptom that makes people see things that are not there?
Hallucinations
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What is a long term effect of inhalants?
Damage to major organs and body systems.
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Dangers
Inhalants like any other drug are extremely dangerous and harmful to your body and mind. Inhalants create short periods of euphoria that leave people craving more. Using inhalants causes damages to your body and mind that are irreparable. Long term inhalant use can cause severe mental damages that impact everyday function. Although it is difficult to overdose on inhalants sudden death is every use risk. Suffocation or asphyxiation are real dangers.
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What is the history of inhalants from the 1960s and on?
In the 1960s sniffing was the most common method of intoxication for inhalants. Paint and lacquer thinners, nail polish remover, shoe polish, lighter fluid, spray paint were the most common inhalants.
Now, glue and gas sniffing have become more popular in areas of poverty.
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What is the street name for inhalants that starts with an S?
Snappers
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What is the withdraw symptom that causes a sudden extreme movement of the body or a limb?
Convulsions
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What is a long term effect inhalants?
Sudden death due to suffocation or asphyxiation.
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Give a description of an inhalants.
An inhalant is a common household object used to get high. Inhalants can look like glue, nail polish, paint thinner, markers, air inside a whip cream can, and many other unassuming items. Inhalants can be used by inhaling the drug through your nose or mouth, huffing a rag stuffed in your mouth, sniffing or snorting substances, or by simply inhaling the fumes. Its classification is an inhalant. Inhalants are normally the first drug young kids use since it is so easily accessible.