Spring 2010 the fear of inhalants lexie

The Fear Of Inhalants
Created by:Lexie Edel

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

Street names
Bang,
air blast,
bagging,
bullet,
bullet bolt,
buzz bomb, climax,
heart-on
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ByType.asp

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

Damage continued
personality changes,
memory impairment,
hallucinations
learning disabilities.
sight disorders.

Effects from inhalants
Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors that produce mind-altering affects!
BRAIN affect different parts of the brain.
ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs

Effects continued
When inhalants are used over a long period of time, severe damage to the organs of the body can occur.

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

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Do you want to live or die?

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!

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

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