Why People Use Inhalants

Even the products found in your home can cause addiction and even death.Some of these can be inhalants, there are many different types of inhalants and reasons to why people use them. Inhalants can have severe short-term and long-lasting effects on the brain and organs in your body. They contain dangerous substances that have mind-altering properties when inhaled.
Inhalants are a man-made mood alternating drugs, they are cheap but hazardous. People use inhalants to slow brain activity, and make them feel calmer by changing their mood. The user can either breathe in the inhalant, sniffle or snort, or spraying it directly into their nose and mouth. Inhalants in the early 1800s were used as intoxicants. During the 1940s and 50s the use of solvents

and gasoline were popular and the abuse of inhalants spread among young people. In the 1960s the use of solvents had become a problem, and recently homeless children have been using these inhalants to numb the pain of hunger.
There are four types of inhalants, volatile solvents, gases, aerosols, and nitrites. Volatile solvents are glue, paint thinners and removers, gasoline, and other office supply solvents. Gas inhalants are found in household products like, lighters, propane tanks, chloroform, and even whipped cream dispensers. Aerosol inhalants that are most common are spray paint, deodorant, and hairsprays. Lastly, nitrites are made up of cyclohexyl nitrite, amyl nitrite, and butyl nitrite. The street term for nitrite is “poppers” or snappers”.
Inhalants can have short-term and long term- effects on the user’s body. Short term effects like alcohol such as slurring, dizziness, and feeling “high”. Since the effects of inhalants don’t last long people may inhale the fumes repeatedly, this can cause hallucinations. Long-term effects are bone marrow, liver and kidney and damage, nerve damage, brain damage.
In conclusion inhalants are in many household products and can cause severe short-term and long-lasting effects in your body.There are many types of and reasons to why these unintentionally harming drugs can cause addiction and even death. These drugs have been used throughout generations and have spread as all over the world.