Just ask your own kids. They know more than you think they would. You all would be very surprised if you could see the stuff that comes in related to inhalant abuse. It's almost worse than drug abuse. Initially youngsters search for household compounds that produce fumes, then find creative ways to inhale those fumes.
Kids can become hooked on sniffing, and, like any other habit, it's a tough one to break.
Inhalant abuse is deadly Inhalant abuse is so deadly that it can kill those who sniff even for the first time. Every year, young people in this country die of inhalant abuse. Hundreds also suffer severe consequences, including permanent brain damage, loss of muscle control, and destruction of the heart, blood, kidney, liver, and bone marrow. Believe it or not, today there are over 1,000 common products that are abused. In 1996 alone, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that one in five American teenagers had used inhalants to get high.