Inhalants: dangerous highs. (includes information source and related article on symptoms of inhalant abuse)

From: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

More teenagers are abusing inhalants such as solvents, gases and nitrites. The symptoms of inhalant abuse include headaches, confusion, nausea, and aggression. Even one episode of sniffing an inhalant can cause death.

Liz, age 15, got scared when her hair started falling out. But the Pueblo, Colorado, teen couldn't stop sniffing paint from milk jugs even though she didn't like how she looked. She lost her appetite and a lot of weight due to the effects of the poisonous fumes.

In Englewood, Colorado, paramedics worked frantically to save the life of an 11-year-old girl. She almost died ...

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