He didn't know that inhalants could kill him. Inhalant abuse is deadly serious. By starving the body of oxygen or forcing the heart to beat more rapidly and erratically, inhalants can kill sniffers - too many of whom are people around my brother's age. If inhalant use continues over a period of time, your body can develop a tolerance to the drug. The user is at much greater risk of suffering the long-term effects of using inhalants once he or she develops a tolerance.
Inhalants are dangerous.
I wish that I could have told my brother all of these things. Maybe if I had, he would have made a no-use decision about using inhalants, and he would be alive today. I can do one thing. I can share what I know about inhalants with other people his age so that more brothers and sisters will live. That's why I am writing this article.