Since chemicals in more than 1,400 products can be sniffed or huffed for their psychoactive and mind-altering effects, it's not surprising that inhalants are the most frequently abused substances in the U.S. This video explores the history of inhalant abuse; the effects of inhalants on the body and the short- and long-term health impacts; and teenage attitudes toward inhalants. The major classes of commonly abused inhalants and treatment and prevention measures are described in the video as well.
Since chemicals in more than 1,400 products can be sniffed or huffed for their psychoactive and mind-altering effects, it's not surprising that inhalants are the most frequently abused substances in the U.S. This video explores the history of inhalant abuse; the effects of inhalants on the body and the short- and long-term health impacts; and teenage attitudes toward inhalants. The major classes of commonly abused inhalants and treatment and prevention measures are described in the video as well.
General Note
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Nov. 17, 2009.
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Content Note
Drugs - An Overview (1:11) -- Inhalants (2:48) -- Properties of Inhalants (2:17) -- Rush to the Brain (2:51) -- Inhalants and the Brain (1:38) -- Dopamine (1:52) -- Abuse and Addiction (2:41) -- Sudden Sniffing Death (2:44).
