Inhalants are the most damaging of abuse substances. They are abused chemicals that produce mind-altering vapors. The chemicals are sprayed or poured into a plastic bag and then the fumes are inhaled. Chemicals can also be poured into a rag and then inhaled that way.
Many inhalants produce effects that are very similar to anesthetics causing sedation.
Typically a sniffers high on average only lasts about 15 minutes to 1 hour. Inhalants starve the brain for oxygen or cause the heart to beat more rapidly and erratically. Wide eyes, dilated pupils, psychosis, paranoia, violent actions, petroleum odor, no sense of surroundings. Extreme p sychological dependence, paranoia. Causes instant and permanent brain damage, psychological dependence and death in a quick way.