Long Term Effects Of Inhalants To Teenagers
What are Inhalants?
Inhalants, also known as laughing gas , snappers , poppers , whippets , bold , and
rush , are chemicals found in many household items that can be inhaled on purpose;
that purpose being to get high.
They can be found in/are paint thinners, fingernail polish remover, degreasers, dry
cleaning fluids, gasoline, contact cement, hairspray, spray paint, deodorant spray,
vegetable oil sprays, and fabric protector spray, Butane lighters, propane tanks,
whipped cream dispensers, refrigerant gases, and anesthetics.
How can they be Used?
Inhalants can be used in many different ways. The way that they are used depends
on the type of inhalant. They can be snorted , or they can be sprayed directly into
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But the main danger, however, of inhalants is their easy access; over 1,000 household
and industrial items are/contain inhalants. To a teenager, inhalants may seem worth
the risk, and many teens have risked it, but in the end, the bad outweighs the good
when it comes to these easy to obtain seemingly harmless drugs.
Long Term Effects?
If you do survive using inhalants your first time, (I m not saying if just to scare you,
many people really do die their first time using inhalants; 22% to be exact) and you
continue abuse of inhalants, then your brain cells will die, and you will have
permanent nerve damage, that will give you muscle spasms, and make easy,
everyday things hard for you, like walking, bending over, and talking. Inhalants can
also cause your major organs to fail, including your heart and your liver. You can
also get aplastic anemia, which slows your blood cell production.
According to my studies, one inhalant user stole a dog when he was high. This
proves that inhalants can cause people to make terrible decisions. So, if they are not
harmful in one, they are in another (this case being the sadness of a pet).
These people are clearly useless while they are intoxicated with inhalants. Do you
really want this for yourself? Do you want to be