Inhalants

What are inhalants?

• Inhalants are chemicals (gas form) that, when breathed in, decreased the flow of oxygen to the brain.

Sniffing

• Breathed in through the nose

Huffing

• Breathed in through the mouth

How do inhalants affect the body?Vapors are absorbed through the lungslungs

Vapors then enter the Vapors then enter the bloodstreambloodstream

Once in the Once in the bloodblood, they travel to the , they travel to the brainbrain and other and other tissuestissues in the body in the body

How do inhalants affect the body?

Inhalants depress the functions of the nervous system

Without oxygen, the heart is forced to beat more rapidly to get blood to the brain.

How many products can be abused?

• There are more than 1.400 inhalant products that have the potential to be abused.

What products could be inhalants?

• Glues/adhesives

• Cleaning products (ammonia)

• Paint and paint thinner

• Markers

• Gasoline and other fuels

• Hair Sprays

• White out

Some of the effects of inhalants include:

• Slurred speech

• Hallucinations

• Drowsiness

• Dizziness

• Nausea (headaches)

• Vomiting

• DEATH

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If someone uses inhalants for a long time

• Memory Loss

• Concentration Problems

• Blindness

• Motor Problems

• Nerve Damage