Boysie Holtman is a recovering heroin addict in a court-ordered drug treatment program. His addiction started with inhaling. I was sniffing Tooline. A new public service campaign is aimed at countering the trend. Government surveys estimate that inhalant abuse has more than doubled in the 1990s, with one in five American high school students having already used inhalants.
Inhalants can kill or cause brain damage, even to first-time users.
Inhaling can cut off oxygen to the brain. For kids like Holtman, it can become highly addictive. It became an everyday thing. Holtman says parents must talk to their kids. Kids can breathe in the propellants to get high and leave the cream, oil or liquid inside, said Martin.