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Inhalants

Or people also call them things like laughing gas, hiagra in a bottle and, poor mans pot. Inhalants. By. Dylan M & Justin W . S hort term affects.

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Inhalants

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  1. Or people also call them things like laughing gas, hiagra in a bottle and, poor mans pot Inhalants By. Dylan M & Justin W

  2. Short term affects. • The chemicals found in solvents, aerosol sprays, and gases can produce a variety of additional effects during or shortly after use. These effects are related to inhalant intoxication and may include belligerence, apathy, impaired judgment, and impaired functioning in work or social situations; nausea and vomiting are other common side effects. Exposure to high doses can cause confusion and delirium. In addition, inhalant abusers may experience dizziness, drowsiness, slurred speech, lethargy, depressed reflexes, general muscle weakness, and stupor. For example, research shows that toluene can produce headache, euphoria, giddy feelings, and the inability to coordinate movements.

  3. Long term affects • Inhaled nitrites dilate blood vessels, increase heart rate, and produce a sensation of heat and excitement that can last for several minutes. Other effects can include flush, dizziness, and headache. • A strong need to continue using inhalants has been reported by many individuals, particularly those who have abused inhalants for prolonged periods over many days. Compulsive use and a mild withdrawal syndrome can occur with long-term inhalant abuse. A recent survey of 43,000 American adults suggests that inhalant users, on average, initiate use of cigarettes, alcohol, and almost all other drugs at younger ages and display a higher lifetime prevalence of substance use disorders, including abuse of prescription drugs, when compared with substance abusers without a history of inhalant use.

  4. Videos of others experience and a game based on a recovering drug addict. • Here are some links to show you what life is like as a recovering drug addict. http://playspent.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T8s4t_Or1A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AihAJVSmx5E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xak-8Wz30M How this affected a famous movie star and regular people just like you and me.

  5. Common abusers Here is a bar graph comparing how many youth students are on inhalants.

  6. Statistics on addiction • For some 12-year-olds and 13-year-olds, getting high is as simple as looking under the sink in the kitchen or out in the garage. • Household cleaning fluids, solvents, glue, and spray paints are among the most frequently abused, common substances categorized as “inhalants.” Inhalants are defined as liquids, sprays, and gases that people sniff or inhale to get high. • According to Inhalant Use across the Adolescent Years, a recent report from SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), inhalants are used by young teens age 12 to 13 more than any other class of drugs. • Glue, shoe polish, and toluene (a solvent) were the most frequently mentioned types of inhalants used among youth age 12 to 17 who used inhalants for the first time in the 12 months before the survey. A total of 29.6 percent of respondents reported use of inhalants in this category. Gasoline or lighter fluid and spray paints (25.7 and 24.4 percent, respectively) followed.

  7. History of inhalants • The inhaling of fumes from chemicals such as incense, oils, resins, spices and perfumes to alter consciousness, or as part of religious ceremonies, dates back to ancient times in Egypt, Babylonia (present-day Iraq), India and China. • According to some researchers, inhaling gas vapors to alter one’s state of consciousness was practiced by priestesses at the Oracle of Delphi1 in ancient Greece. • In the early 1800s, nitrous oxide, ether and chloroform were the anesthetics used commonly as intoxicants. • Nitrous oxide was regarded as a cheap substitute for alcohol and was popularized by the British scientist Sir Humphry Davy. He held nitrous oxide parties and coined the word “laughing gas” in 1799. Noting the anesthetic effects, Davy proposed that the gas could be used for operations, although this was not tried for another half century. • The use of anesthetics for recreational purposes continued throughout the nineteenth century in Europe and the US. • Ether was used as a recreational drug during the 1920s Prohibition era, when alcohol was made illegal in the US. • In the 1940s, recreational use of solvents, primarily gasoline, became popular. • Abuse of inhalants in the United States increased in the 1950s and is now widespread among adolescents.

  8. Sources • https://www.youtube.com/ • http://www.drugfreeworld.org/ • http://www.drugabuse.gov/

  9. Lesson Plan • SSA • Title: Inhalants • EG: How Inhalants Can Effect Your Body? • Lesson: Health, and Global Awareness • Skills: Ethics, Personal Responsibility, Accountability, People Skills, and Social Skills

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