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Inhalants
Inhalants are chemicals that produce mind-altering effects when their vapors are inhaled. Common inhalants include glues, paint thinners, white out, gasoline, and hairsprays. When inhaled, these chemicals travel rapidly from the lungs to the brain, affecting areas related to coordination, judgment and self-control. Inhalant abuse can have dangerous short-term effects like nausea, dizziness and loss of consciousness, as well as long-term effects including memory loss, nerve damage and even death. Over 1,400 household products have the potential to be abused by inhalation.
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Introduction to inhalants as drugs inhaled for effects, decreasing oxygen flow to the brain.
Discussion on the misuse and abuse of inhalants, emphasizing the importance of product labeling.
Different methods of inhaling substances: sniffing through the nose and huffing through the mouth.
How inhalants enter the bloodstream and depress nervous system functions, causing adverse effects.
Overview of more than 1,400 inhalant products, including common household items that can be abused.
Physical and cognitive effects of inhalants, including slurred speech, drowsiness, memory loss, and potential death.
Examples of inhalants: volatile solvents, aerosols, and gases related to household and medical use.
Behavioral signs of drug abuse including mood changes, poor school performance, and memory loss.
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- 2. What are inhalants?Drugs that are inhaled for a desired effect. Its volatile substance whose chemical vapors can be inhaled. Inhalants are chemicals (gas form) that, when breathed in, decreased the flow of oxygen to the brain. The effect of inhalants in the body is very fast because it enters the bloodstream directly through the lungs.
- 3. Misuse People unknowinglymisuse or abuse inhalants People should read the product labels carefully Close the chemical container properly to avoid accidental inhalation.
- 4. Sniffing Breathed inthrough the nose Ex: Glue sniffing , the sniffed chemicals travel rapidly from the lungs through the blood to the brain and other organs.
- 5. Huffing Breathed inthrough the mouth
- 6. How do inhalantsaffect the body? Vapors are absorbed through the lungs Vapors then enter the bloodstream Once in the blood , they travel to the brain and other tissues in the body
- 7. How do inhalantsaffect the body? Inhalants depress the functions of the nervous system Without oxygen , the heart is forced to beat more rapidly to get blood to the brain .
- 8. How many productscan be abused? There are more than 1.400 inhalant products that have the potential to be abused.
- 9. What products couldbe inhalants? Glues/adhesives Cleaning products (ammonia) Paint and paint thinner Markers Gasoline and other fuels Hair Sprays White out
- 10. Some of theeffects of inhalants include: Slurred speech Hallucinations Drowsiness Dizziness Nausea (headaches) Vomiting Blurred vision Loss of coordination DEATH http://www.inhalants.org/damage.htm
- 11. If someone usesinhalants for a long time Memory Loss Concentration Problems Blindness Motor Problems Nerve Damage
- 12. Example 1. Volatilesolvents- liquids that vaporize at room temperature industrial or household products, including paint thinners or removers, degreasers, dry-cleaning fluids, gasoline and lighter fluid. Art or office supply solvents, including correction fluid, felt-tip marker fluid. Electronic contact cleaners, and glue.
- 13. Example 2. Aerosols-are sprays that contain propellants and solvents. Household aerosol propellants in items such as spray paints, hair or deodorant sprays, fabric protector sprays, aerosol computer cleaning products, and vegetable oil sprays.
- 14. Example 3. Gases-found in the household or commercial products and used as medical anesthetics. Household or commercial products, including butane lighters and propane tanks, whipped cream aerosols or dispensers (whippets), and refrigerant gases Medical anesthetics, such as ether, chloroform, halothane, nitrous oxide (laughing gas) Nitrates- special class of inhalants that are used primarily as sexual enhancers. Organic nitrates are volatiles that include cyclohexyl, butyl, and amyl nitrites, commonly knowna s poppers. Amyl nitrite is still used in certain diagnostic medical procedures. When marketed for illicit use, organic nitrites are often sold in small brown bottles labeled as “video head cleaner” “room deodorizer”, “leather cleaner”, or liquid aroma.
- 15. THINK AND LEARNCheck the statements or words below which you think are signs of drug abuse Major changes in behavior Sudden changes in mood Poor school performance Changes in appearance Irresponsible decision making Aggresiveness Lying Withdrawn attitude Loss of memory Denial of any problems Poor coordination