# Presentation: 278304

## Inhalants

***This Lesson Plan Produced By Your Drug Demand Reduction Program***

**Notes:**
Do you know how to tell the difference if someone is high on inhalants, or what type of inhalant they are using?  Inhalants can become the drug that will begin the downfall of your life that you may never recover from.  Of course, the best way to never face a complete collapse of your life is to never start using any type of drug, by staying drug free and associating only with people and organizations that are drug free.

## What Are Inhalants?

- Model airplane glue
- Nail polish remover
- Cleaning fluids
- Hair spray
- Gasoline
- Propellant in aerosol whipped cream

- Spray paint
- Fabric protector
- Air conditioner fluid (Freon)
- Cooking spray
- Correction fluid

- Inhalants are ordinary household products that are inhaled or sniffed by children or adults to get high.  Examples of products that are abused to get high include:

**Notes:**
Inhalants are ordinary household products that are inhaled or sniffed by children or adults to get high.  Examples of products that are abused to get high include model airplane glue, nail polish remover, cleaning fluids, hair spray, gasoline, the propellant in aerosol whipped cream, spray paint, fabric protector, air conditioner fluid (Freon), cooking spray and correction fluid. 

## What Do Inhalants Look Like?

- Any product that can be inhaled or sniffed
- Hundreds of household products on the market today
- Legally sold products that can be:
- Sniffed, snorted, bagged (fumes inhaled from a plastic bag)
- “Huffed" (inhalant-soaked rag, sock, or roll of toilet paper in the mouth) to achieve a high
- Sniffed directly from the container

**Notes:**
Inhalants are any product that can be inhaled or sniffed.  There are hundreds of household products on the market today that can be misused as inhalants.  Inhalants are sniffed, snorted, bagged (fumes inhaled from a plastic bag), or "huffed" (inhalant-soaked rag, sock, or roll of toilet paper in the mouth) to achieve a high.  They are also sniffed directly from the container.

## How Inhalants Appear

## What are some of the signs that a person is using inhalants?

**What are some of the signs that a person is using inhalants?**

- Effects similar to alcohol
- Nausea and vomiting
- Lightheadedness or hallucinations

**Notes:**
Some of the signs that a person is using inhalants are similar to those of alcohol use, such as nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness and  hallucinations.

## Some Short-term Effects

**Some Short-term Effects**

- Intoxication along with other effects similar to those produced by alcohol
- Slurred speech, an inability to coordinate movements, dizziness, confusion and delirium
- Delusions

**Notes:**
Within seconds of inhalation, the user experiences intoxication along with other effects similar to those produced by alcohol.  Alcohol-like effects may include slurred speech, an inability to coordinate movements, dizziness, confusion and delirium or delusions. 

## Some Long-term Effects

**Some Long-term Effects**

- Weight loss, muscle weakness and disorientation
- Inattentiveness, lack of coordination, irritability and depression
- Drowsy for several hours and experience a lingering headache
- Abusers can suffer loss of consciousness and death

**Notes:**
Compulsive use and a mild withdrawal syndrome can occur with long-term inhalant abuse.  Additional symptoms exhibited by long-term inhalant abusers include weight loss, muscle weakness, disorientation, inattentiveness, lack of coordination, irritability and depression. 

After heavy use of inhalants, abusers may feel drowsy for several hours and experience a lingering headache.  Because intoxication lasts only a few minutes, abusers frequently seek to prolong their high by continuing to inhale repeatedly over the course of several hours.  By doing this, abusers can suffer loss of consciousness and death.

## What is the DEA Federal Classification Schedule for inhalants?

**What is the DEA Federal Classification Schedule for inhalants?**

- Inhalants are legally sold products; therefore, there isn’t a DEA Federal Classification Schedule  for inhalants.

**Notes:**
There are hundreds of household products on the market today that can be misused as inhalants.  Inhalants are legally sold products; therefore, there is no DEA Federal Classification Schedule for inhalants.

## Penalties For Possession

- Since inhalants are legally sold products, there are no penalties for possession other than what using them can do to your health and life.

**Notes:**
Since inhalants are legally sold products, there are no penalties for possession other than what using them can do to your health and life.

## As a member of CAP, what should you do if you know or suspect that someone is using inhalants?

- Notify one of the following:
- Deputy Commander for Cadets/Cadet Programs Officer
- Chaplain/Moral Leadership Officer
- Unit Commander

**Notes:**
Since not all CAP units are staffed with the same duty positions, you should notify one of the following:  Deputy Commander for Cadets/Cadet Programs Officer; Chaplain/Moral Leadership Officer; Unit Commander.

## Why Do People Use Inhalants?

- To escape reality
- Easily found
- All the others are doing it
- To be cool
- Or just because they want to be one of the crowd

**Notes:**
People use inhalants to escape reality.  Because they are easily found.  All the others are doing it.  To be cool.  Or just because they want to be one of the crowd.

## What are some of the ways you can say “No” to drugs without isolating yourself?

- I don’t want to get messed up.
- I am not comfortable with that.
- I am not interested, thank you anyway.
- I do not enjoy that.
- No.
- I have to be somewhere else right now.
- My Mother is waiting for me.

**Notes:**
I don’t want to get messed up.  I am not comfortable with that.  I am not interested.  Thank you anyway.  I do not enjoy that.  No.  I have to be somewhere else right now.  My Mother is waiting for me. 

## Summary

**Summary**

- Inhalants can cause you to lose consciousness and even cause death.
- DO NOT USE INHALANTS!
- Let your HIGH come from the good things in life.
- You are worth everything and there is so much more to life than drugs!

**Notes:**
Inhalants can cause you to lose consciousness and death.  DO NOT USE INHALANTS!  Let your HIGH come from the good things in life.  You are worth everything and there is so much more to life than drugs.

## Lesson Plan Resources

**Lesson Plan Resources**

*Inhalants by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) *
- Available on _www.drugfree.org_
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- Available on _www.dea.gov_

**Notes:**
Inhalants (National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is available at www.drugfree.org, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is available at www.dea.gov.  These are only two of the numerous websites available to all interested parties that are facing a decision about life altering drugs or to learn about the various types of drugs.

## Don’t march with these guys,say NO to drugs!

**DEAD MEN WALKING**

**Notes:**
Dead Men Walking.