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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 deodorant sprays, hair spray, contact cement and aerosol air fresheners. However, most users tend to be ...
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There is no comprehensive epidemiologic data on the magnitude of inhalant abuse among children and adolescents in the Philippines. [ 2 ] In response to widespread abuse of toluene-based substances, stricter rules have been imposed on the manufacture and sale of Rugby and similar glues by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, such as the ...
Salbutamol. Salbutamol, also known as albuterol and sold under the brand name Ventolin among others, [ 1] is a medication that opens up the medium and large airways in the lungs. [ 8] It is a short-acting β 2 adrenergic receptor agonist that causes relaxation of airway smooth muscle. [ 8] It is used to treat asthma, including asthma attacks ...
A past study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found only 54.5% children with asthma are taking their medication as prescribed while previous research found 20-70% of people ...
2O charger (bottom right), cracker (top right) and balloon. 3 liter can of recreational nitrous oxide to fill up balloons. Nitrous oxide (street name nangs, hippy crack, whippets, whippits or cannies) is a gas which can induce euphoria, hallucinogenic states and relaxation when inhaled. [ 1] Nitrous oxide is a neurotoxin and excessive use can ...
Poppers. Poppers (or popper or poppe) is a slang term referring to recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds. When fumes from these substances are inhaled, they act as potent vasodilators, producing mild euphoria, warmth, and dizziness. Most effects have a rapid onset and are short-acting. [ 1]
Jenkem is an inhalant and hallucinogen created from fermented human waste.In the mid-1990s, it was reported to be a popular street drug among Zambian youth, created by placing feces and urine in a bottle or a bucket, sealing it with a balloon or lid and leaving it to ferment in the sun; afterwards they would inhale the gases generated.