Inhalant abuse is hard to talk about because of the confusing terms used to describe it.
Substances such as glue, gasoline, anesthetic gases and nitrites have all been discussed under the title of inhalant abuse. The only think in common is the way in which they are taken into the body. The users of these three types of substances use them for different reasons and experience different effects. Volatile nitrites function as a vasodilator. They dilate blood vessels and increase heart rate.