Inhalant Abuse Inhalant abuse is the deliberate misuse of chemical, which include a broad array of cheap and easily attainable household products, to reach an intoxicated state of mind or high. A Department of Health and Human Services study showed that, beginning in fifth grade, one in five students at each grade level has tried inhalants at least once in his or her lifetime.
Most inhalant abusers use inhalants with others as a group activity.