Definitions for "Inhalants"
Chemicals or fumes from common household products that are sniffed or inhaled for their mind-altering effects.
Inhalants are ordinary household products, which are inhaled or sniffed by children to get high. Over one in five 8th -graders has used inhalants. Common ones are: model airplane glue, nail polish remover, cleaning fluids, hair spray, gasoline, the propellant in aerosol whipped cream, spray paint, air conditioner fluid (freon), cooking spray, and correction fluid. Inhalants, like anesthesia, slow down the body's functions. Users may feel stimulated, disoriented or out of control. Inhalants starve the body of oxygen. This can lead to brain damage, unconsciousness or death.
Inhalants are something that you inhale. It's as simple as that. Inhalants can be irritants (such as allergens). Inhalants can also be drugs that are delivered to the respiratory passages by a nebulizer or an aerosol container.