### science | medicine:

Inhalant
* All inhalants can be toxic.
* Increase young people's knowledge of the harm of using inhalants.
* Many inhalants have a strong smell
  - produce effects that are very similar to anesthetics causing sedation
* Most inhalants are 'depressants'
  - commercial products composed of a variety of chemicals
  - common products found right in the home
  - common, every day household products
  - everyday products
  - extremely toxic to the body's organs
* Some inhalants dissolve the protective myelin sheath, resulting in cell death.
* affect other body organs and systems
  - the nervous system
* also are highly toxic to other organs
  - one of the few substances abused more by younger children than by older ones
  - can interfere with the normal heart rhythm and lead to cardiac arrest
  - serve as gateway drugs that can lead young people toward other forms of drug abuse
  - slow down the body's reactions and distort the thinking process
* are a big problem with youth at risk found in drug education playing and trading cards
  - bigger threat than other gateway drugs
  - cheap and easy way to get high
  - rising problem in various States
  - stepping stone to other drugs
  - about the only drugs that are used more by younger teens than by older ones
  - all man made chemicals used in vapor form
  - also legal and easy to conceal
  - among the most dangerous substances kids abuse today
  - an equal opportunity form of substance abuse
  - any substance that produce intoxication when intentionally inhaled
  - breathable chemical vapors that produce mind-altering effects
* are breathable chemicals that cause mind-altering or psychoactive effects
  - produce mind-altering vapors
  - vapors that contain chemicals that produce a high when breathed in
  - cheap substitutes for marijuana and alcohol continue to pop up on college campuses
* are cheap, act quickly upon the nervous system, and are easy to obtain
  - legal, and easily accessible products that can be misused to get high
  - common household products that children sniff to get high
  - common, legal and extremely toxic products that are misused to get high
  - deadly
  - depressants which, like their relatives, the anesthetic gases, initially stimulate
  - easier to get than anything else
  - everywhere
  - extremely toxic and can damage the heart, kidneys, lungs, and brain
  - just as popular among middle school students as marijuana
  - legal, everyday products which have a useful purpose, but can be misused
* are more common sources of allergy symptoms
  - dangerous to the user than most other illegal drugs
  - likely to cause death from first use than any illicit drug
  - psychologically addictive
  - often among the first drugs that young children use
* are one of the few substances abused more by younger children than by older ones
  - most dangerous drugs
  - physically and psychologically addicting and users suffer withdrawal symptoms
  - poison
  - popular drugs for users seeking quick delirium, disorientation and intoxication
* are substances whose vapors can be inhaled to produce a mind-altering effect
  - cause an intoxicating effect when inhaled
  - the most damaging of abuse substances
* are the third most widely abused drug
  - used substance
* can also cause brain damage
  - death by suffocation when fumes replace oxygen in the lungs
  - depress the central nervous system so much that breath slows down until it stops
  - seriously damage the heart, liver, kidneys, and bone marrow
* can be dangerous and cause death from heart or respiratory failure
  - very dangerous, both in their immediate effects and their long-term consequences
* can cause death from suffocation by replacing oxygen in the lungs
  - sudden death
  - kill or cause brain damage, even to first-time users
  - make people feel sick and have diarrhoea
* can produce both physical and psychological dependence
  - psychological dependence and physical addiction
  - reduce muscle tone and strength
* cause the user to have intense headaches and muscle spasms.
* damage the brain, liver and lungs and can cause sudden death
  - myelin and destroy it
* decrease oxygen to the brain and can cause brain damage.
* dissolve the myelin sheath that surrounds the brain cells, resulting in cell death.
* fall into the categories of solvents or gases , of which nitrites are a subcategory.
* have similar effects to other depressant drugs such as alcohol and cannabis.
* interact with brain cells to slow electrical conduction, which causes intoxication.
* often are among the first drugs that young children use.
* pose a major risk to many teen boys because they're so cheap and easy to get.
* rank fourth in popularity behind alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana among young people.
* reduce the user's inhibitions and can cause laughter and mild excitement or even euphoria.
* rob the brain of oxygen, reducing nerve cell activity and killing some cells.
* sensitize the myocardium to the effects of epinephrine.
* slow down the body's function
  - functions and can lead to damage to the brain and nervous system
* starve the body of oxygen and can cause severe brain damage and even sudden death
  - brain for oxygen or cause the heart to beat more rapidly and erratically
* usually trigger an alcohol-like stupor, with euphoria, hallucinations, and delusions.