#inhalant

Inhalants are inhalable chemical vapours or gases that produce mild to intense psychoactive, mind-altering effects when abused or misused.

They are of particularly high risk to children and young adults and include solvents, art or office supplies, gases, propellants and medical anesthetic gases such as nitrous oxide.

Most people do not think of inhalable products as addictive drugs, because these consumer products were never created to be abused and people tend to heed the warnings printed on the product labels. However, they contain highly toxic chemicals, the inhalation of which can lead to addictions similar to opioid addiction.

Ever seen a kid sniffing something from a pouch or a cloth on railway stations? Seen a school kid’s white ink getting over sooner than it has been bought? Office supplies ordered more than required especially cleaning fluids, glue etc? Most likely you are looking at an addiction to inhalants.

Inhalants are drugs that are rarely taken via any other route of administration though there are other illicit drugs that can be inhaled too. The term of usage is called “huffing.”

Products Abused as Inhalants Volatile solvents Aerosols Gases Nitrites

These products are not considered as drugs of abuse but have been found to be so more so in young children than older teens or adults.

Read its effects on Brain and Body: https://anatta.in/inhalant-abuse/