Inhalant Dangers - Revision history

ThePlaz: /* How Inhalants are used (Justin) */ add old Cortney name back

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Minimoose1: /* Profile of a Sniffer */

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Minimoose1: /* How Inhalants are used (Justin) */

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ThePlaz: /* How Inhalants are used (Cortney) */

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 *Organic nitrites are volatiles that include cyclohexyl, butyl, and amyl nitrites, and are commonly known as "poppers." Amyl nitrite is still used for medical purposes. Volatile nitrites are often sold in small brown bottles and labeled as "video head cleaner," "room odorizer," "leather cleaner," or "liquid aroma."
-==How Inhalants are used (Justin)==
+==How Inhalants are used (Cortney and Justin)==
 They are used in many different ways depending on their type. For keyboard cleaner, they put the straw that is supposed to blow air from between the keyboard keys into their mouth and inhale. Items with strong fumes are easy to sniff from containers, like markers or glue. Soaking a rag and stuffing it into one's mouth is known as huffing. Some inhalant abusers will spray an aerosol can contents directly into their mouth or nose, or they'll do what is called "bagging," spraying a substance into a plastic or paper bag and inhaling. Another popular way to inhale is to fill a balloon and inhale, similar to the popular sucking helium.
 *sniffing (inhaled by the nose)
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 *when in a large plastic bag, people can suffocate
-people can be injured when a chemical they are heating explodes
+*8 people can be injured when a chemical they are heating explodes
 ==Signs and Symptopms (Plaz)==

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 *most are unhappy
 *want to escape
-*makes them do foolish acts and take inhalants
+*shows hostile behavior
 ===How to prevent its use===

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 *Organic nitrites are volatiles that include cyclohexyl, butyl, and amyl nitrites, and are commonly known as "poppers." Amyl nitrite is still used for medical purposes. Volatile nitrites are often sold in small brown bottles and labeled as "video head cleaner," "room odorizer," "leather cleaner," or "liquid aroma."
-==How Inhalants are used (Cortney)==
+==How Inhalants are used (Justin)==
-They are used in many different ways depending on their type.  For keyboard cleaner, they put the straw that is supposed to blow air from between the keyboard keys into their mouth and inhale. Items with strong fumes are easy to sniff from containers, like markers or glue. Soaking a rag and stuffing it into one's mouth is known as huffing. Some inhalant abusers will spray an aerosol can contents directly into their mouth or nose, or they'll do what is called "bagging," spraying a substance into a plastic or paper bag and inhaling. Another popular way to inhale is to fill a balloon and inhale, similar to the popular sucking helium.
+They are used in many different ways depending on their type. For keyboard cleaner, they put the straw that is supposed to blow air from between the keyboard keys into their mouth and inhale. Items with strong fumes are easy to sniff from containers, like markers or glue. Soaking a rag and stuffing it into one's mouth is known as huffing. Some inhalant abusers will spray an aerosol can contents directly into their mouth or nose, or they'll do what is called "bagging," spraying a substance into a plastic or paper bag and inhaling. Another popular way to inhale is to fill a balloon and inhale, similar to the popular sucking helium.
 *sniffing (inhaled by the nose)
 *huffing(inhaled by the mouth)
-*when in a large plastic bag, people can suffocae
+*when in a large plastic bag, people can suffocate
 people can be injured when a chemical they are heating explodes
 ==Signs and Symptopms (Plaz)==

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 ===How many/who uses it===
-*cheap and convientent to get
+*cheap and convenient to get
 *legal
 *used in poor countries (cheap)
-*useage states early
+*usage states early
-*pouplar amoung middle school children
+*popular among middle school children
 *their first drug useage, leads them then to other drugs
-*useage peaks around 8th grade
+*usage peaks around 8th grade
-*useage still rising
+*usage still rising
-*female useage has been rising to be closer to males
+*female usage has been rising to be closer to males
 *13 year olds that use inhalants are much more likely to use other illegal drugs latter
-*peer preasure is involved in making kids start
+*peer pressure is involved in making kids start
 ====Profile of a Sniffer====
 *most are unhappy

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 *Some info I put on this site, I copied straight from the source (aka just notes)
 ==What the drug is (Cortney)==
-*Inhalants, but what are some examples of these and what catorigises Inhalants?
+Substances with fumes that are sniffed or inhaled in order to give a hallucinogenic "high"
-Substances with fumes that are sniffed or inhaled in order to give a hallucinogenic "high" (Notes def.)
+===Examples===
-Examples: glue, spary paint, aerosols, gasoline
-−
-===The Four Categories===
 Inhalants are divided into four categories:
 ====Volatile solvents====
 *Industrial or household solvents or solvent-containing products, including paint thinners or removers, degreasers, dry-cleaning fluids, gasoline, and glue
 *Art or office supply solvents, including correction fluids, felt-tip-marker fluid, and electronic contact cleaners
 ====Aerosols====
-*Include items such as hair spray, spray paint, computer duster and anything that comes from an aerosol can.
+*Household aerosol propellants and associated solvents in items such as spray paints, hair or deodorant sprays, fabric protector sprays, and aerosol computer cleaning products or anything that comes from an aerosol can.
 *Household aerosol propellants and associated solvents in items such as spray paints, hair or deodorant sprays, fabric protector sprays, and aerosol computer cleaning products
 ====Gases====
 *Gases used in household or commercial products, including butane lighters and propane tanks, whipped cream aerosols or dispensers (whippets), and refrigerant gases
 *Medical anesthetic gases, such as ether, chloroform, halothane, and nitrous oxide ("laughing gas")
 ====Nitrites====
 *Include the chemicals cyclohexyl nitrite, amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite. Amyl nitrite is a prescription drug to treat angina. The nitrites are sealed in capsules and are "popped" to release the vapors and are referred to as "poppers" in street lingo.
 *Organic nitrites are volatiles that include cyclohexyl, butyl, and amyl nitrites, and are commonly known as "poppers." Amyl nitrite is still used for medical purposes. Volatile nitrites are often sold in small brown bottles and labeled as "video head cleaner," "room odorizer," "leather cleaner," or "liquid aroma."
 ==How Inhalants are used (Cortney)==

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 *http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/Inhalants.html
 *Class Notes
-*Book: The Drug library: Inhalents by: Myra Weatherly ISBN: [[0894907441]]
+*Book: The Drug library: Inhalents by: Myra Weatherly ISBN: 0894907441
 ==Pictures==