Inhalants are a diverse group of organic solvents, volatile substances, and propellant gases. They are inhaled for their psychoactive effects, which range from an alcohol-like intoxication and euphoric "high" to hallucinations....
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Inhalants are a diverse group of organic solvents, volatile substances, and propellant gases. They are inhaled for their psychoactive effects, which range from an alcohol-like intoxication and euphoric "high" to hallucinations. Inhalant drugs are often used by children, teenagers, incarcerated or institutionalized people, and impoverished people, because these solvents and gases are ingredients in hundreds of legally-available, inexpensive products, such as aerosol spray cans, adhesives and rubber cements, deodorant sprays, hair spray, air fresheners, gasoline, lighter fluid, paint, and paint thinner. Some inhalant users are injured or killed due to the effects of inhaling these solvents or gases, which can cause hypoxia (lack of oxygen), pneumonia, cardiac failure or arrest, or aspiration of vomit. Other inhalant users are injured due to the harmful effects of other chemicals used in these products (e.g., tetraethyl lead used in some fuels) or due to dangerous behaviour while they are intoxicated on these drugs. Most inhalant solvents and gases are not regulated under illegal drug laws such as the United States' Controlled Substances Act. However, many US states and Canadian cities have placed restrictions on the sale of some solvent-containing products to minors, particularly for products widely associated with "sniffing", such as model cement. The practice of inhaling such substances is sometimes colloquially referred to as huffing, sniffing (or "glue-sniffing"), dusting, or chroming.
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