It is also possible to classify inhalants by the effect they have on the body. Hydrofluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons, trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (including many aerosols and propellants)įile:1,1,1-trichloroethane-2D-skeletal.pngĪlkyl nitrites ( poppers such as amyl nitrite), nitrous oxide (found in whipped cream canisters) Toluene (used in paint thinner and model glue), xylene Petroleum products ( gasoline and kerosene), propane, butane Inhalants can also be classified by chemical structure. A small number of recreational inhalant drugs are pharmaceutical products that are used illicitly. Most inhalant drugs that are used non-medically are ingredients in household or industrial chemical products that are not intended to be concentrated and inhaled. Inhalants can be classified by the intended function. The practice of inhaling such substances is sometimes colloquially referred to as huffing, sniffing (or "glue-sniffing") or chroming. However, many US states and Canadian cities have placed restrictions on the sale of some solvent-containing products to minors, particularly for products widely associated with "sniffing", such as model cement. Most inhalant solvents and gases are not regulated under illegal drug laws such as the United States' Controlled Substances Act.
Other inhalant users are injured due to the harmful effects of other chemicals used in these products, such as burns from gasoline vapour, or due to dangerous behaviour while they are intoxicated on these drugs. Some inhalant users are injured or killed due to the effects of inhaling these solvents or gases themselves, which can cause hypoxia (lack of oxygen (e.g., if a plastic bag sticks to a user's face)), pneumonia, cardiac failure or arrest, or aspiration of vomit. Inhalant drugs can be harmful for users because they were not intended for human inhalation in a concentrated form. Inhalant drugs are often used by children, teenagers, incarcerated or institutionalized people, and impoverished people, because these solvents and gases are ingredients in hundreds of legally-available, inexpensive products, such as aerosol spray cans, adhesives and rubber cements, deodorant sprays, hair spray, air fresheners, gasoline, lighter fluid, paint, and paint thinner. Inhalants are a diverse group of organic solvents, volatile substances, and propellant gases that are intentionally concentrated and inhaled for their psychoactive effects, which range from an alcohol-like intoxication to hallucinations.
A soda bottle after being filled with blue paint for the means of solvent abuse in Townsville, Australia.
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