Sometimes you can tell solvent users by their smell and appearance. They may have glue on their hands and clothes, facial rashes, chronic nosebleeds, sores in their noses and mouths, throat or ear infections, poor appetites and low energy. Using inhalants, or selling them to abusers, is illegal in Alberta. Effects of Short-term Use Solvents go through your lungs into your bloodstream. Soon, you look and feel as if you are drunk.
Users sometimes pass out with their heads in a plastic bag, and suffocate.
Because solvents are depressants, using them with other depressant drugs like alcohol or sleeping pills can be very harmful, and even fatal. If you use inhalants regularly for a long time, you can have permanent health problems. These include memory loss, brain damage, personality changes, muscular weakness, fatigue, and nerve damage starting in the hands and feet. If you use drugs often, you can develop serious personal problems. Using drugs can become more important than your family and friends.