In fact, inhalant abuse can cause serious health problems and even death. Not only can inhalants seriously damage your mind and body, they can actually kill you by starving your body of oxygen or forcing your heart to beat more rapidly and erratically.
Inhalants are breathable chemicals that cause mind-altering or psychoactive effects.
They are part of our everyday lives, and when used correctly, they are safe. The problem occurs when they are used as drugs to get a quick, cheap high. Sniffing or inhaling them from a cloth saturated with the chemical. Inhaling the aerosol. Inhalants are abused because they can provide a quick high.