2. About Inhalants It can kill you through one breath of inhaling the chemical! So if you here any of these names it is another name for inhalants! They can be used by huffing, bagging, and it can be sprayed into the nose. www.inhalants.org
3. Street names Bang, air blast, bagging, bullet, bullet bolt, buzz bomb, climax, heart-on www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByType.asp
4. Damage from inhalants Can produce a variety of sensory and psychological disorders, can result to death and loss of brain cells. You may become numb to where you feel no pain! personality changes, memory impairment, hallucinations and learning disabilities. sight disorders. www.inhalant.org/inhalant/dangers.php http://www.inhalants.org/damage.htm
6. Effects from inhalants Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors that produce mind-altering affects! BRAIN affect different parts of the brain. You may become numb to where you feel no pain! ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs
7. Effects continued When inhalants are used over a long period of time, severe damage to the organs of the body can occur. You may become numb to where you feel no pain!
8. People using inhalants 2 million Americans age 12 and older abused inhalants. 8.9% of 8th graders, 5.9% of 10th graders, and 3.8% of 12th graders had abused inhalants at least once in the year of 2008! National Survey on Drug Use and Health
10. Megan's story a "regular, happy kid" who hung out with friends and watched TV. Things got complicated. Megan was sexually abused by a trusted friend. Afraid to tell her parents and unsure of how else to cope with her feelings, Megan decided to try to escape her pain. A friend showed her how to get high using inhalants. Megan and a group of friends began "huffing" together often. But Megan's friends soon learned something terrifying: Huffing can kill you. So, they wisely quit. Despite this scary news, Megan kept huffing alone.. always hit her mom when she was using.. That's something that nobody should ever do. Then, rock bottom got even lower. The next night, she fought with her brother. He said she was an embarrassment to the family. Megan hit rock bottom one night. High on inhalants and other drugs, she rode on top of a friend's car, fell off, and got a concussion That’s when Megan changed her life around but it was the hardest think she could do!
11. URL’S www.inhalants.org www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByType.asp www.inhalant.org/inhalant/dangers.php ncadi.samhsa.gov National Survey on Drug Use and Health
