INHALANTS

HOW IS IT USED?

• Directly from open containers
• Off of a rag
• In paper bags

STREET NAMES

• Hippie crack
• Satan's secret
• Whippets
• Oz
• Moon gas

SHORT TERM EFFECTS

• Slurred speech
• Hallucinations & delusions
• Hostility
• Impaired judgement
• Sever headaches

LONG TERM EFFECTS

• Muscle weakness
• Lack of coordination
• Depression
• Hearing loss
• Bone marrow damage

IS THERE A LEGAL USE?

• ITS LEGAL TO HAVE POSSESSION OF IT
• ILLEGAL TO INHALE IT

STATISTICS

• One state in the US averaged more than 3800 emergency room visits
• 450 are hospitalized a year
• 22% of inhalant user deaths where first time users
• By 8th grade, 1 in 5 will have used inhalants

QUOTE

• "For 3 days, a friend gave me glue free of cost. One day he asked for money.. I had to give it"
• "I started hanging out will people who were talking heroin, and soon I was using it.."
• "It was steady progression from glue, gas, magic mushrooms.."
• "My motor function skills are shot and I sit for hours just staring into space.."

RESOURCES

INHALANTS