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Drug abuse has a range of definitions, all of them suggesting disaproval at the use or overuse of a drug for a nontherapeutic effect . Leon Wurmser goes as far as to say "The term is so wide and imprecise, contains such a hodgepodge of clinical and social phenomena, and is so dependent on the bias of the observer, that a systematic study of its etiology would be as vast and comprehensive as an inquiry into the etiology of fever" . ... 
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Inhalants are a chemically diverse group of psychoactive substances composed of organic solvents and volatile substances commonly found in more than 1000 common household products, such as glues, hair spray, air fresheners, gasoline, lighter fluid, and paint.The practice of inhaling such substances is sometimes colloqiually referred to as solvent abuse or huffing. It has existed in very poor populations in various urban slums around the world at least since the 1960s.
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Drug Abuse as related to Inhalants
- I N H A L A N T S . D R U G A B U S E . G O V
Extent of Use: Trends and Statistics Summary Page; Monitoring the Future Survey provides recent trends of drug use, including inhalants. Articles from NIDA Notes Newsletter:
- Inhalants - NIDA Drugs of Abuse and Related Topics
Brief Description: Breathable chemical vapors that users intentionally inhale because of the chemicals' mind-altering effects. The substances inhaled are often common household ...
- NIDA - NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Inhalants
Even when using aerosols or volatile products for their legitimate purposes, such as painting or cleaning, it is wise to do so in a well-ventilated room or outdoors.
- MedlinePlus: Inhalants
Danger under the Kitchen Sink (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Inhalants (Drug Enforcement Administration) Latest News. For Adolescents, Inhalants Are Drug of Choice (03/13/2008 ...
- DEA, Drug Information, Inhalants
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Inhalants Street Terms 7. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Community Drug Alert Bulletin:
- Inhalants
An article about Teens and the Use of Inhalants. ... According to the most recent study by the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, nearly seventeen million Americans have ...
- NIDA for Teens: Facts on Drugs - Inhalants
The Facts on Drugs: Nicotine portion of NIDA for Teens features the facts teens look for on nicotine abuse. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) created the NIDA for Teens ...
- Inhalants - Drug Info - Parents - The Anti-Drug
Talk to your children on a daily basis. Find out what is going on in their lives, and most importantly, listen to them." — A Parent
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Inhalants. Inhalants are usually common household items that are toxic when huffed, or put into the body. Many kids use inhalants as a way to get ...
- It's My Life . Body . Drug Abuse . Inhalants | PBS Kids GO!
What types of drug use have you seen and experienced in your school, in your family, and in the media? What do you think about it?
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