How Do You Use Household Products As Drugs..?

Question:

Hi.

I'm enrolled in a Health class this summer and one of my projects is to explore teenage household product abuse.
I have no experience with these issues.

I just need to know how teens use cough syrup, aerosol cans, whipped cream, paint, and other things that I may not know about.

This is for my classes so I would appreciate useful information.

Thanks a Bunch.

Answers:
Cough syrup mixed with club soda gets you drunk.

Cans... they sniff it and they get high.

Whipped cream... never heard of that.

Paint... you sniff that too along with glue.

Other Answers:
cough syrup, specifically Robotussion has stuff in it that effects you like LSD. The whipped creams propellant is laughing gas.I'd assume aerosol cans, paint, model glue, gasoline all have a chemical that get you "high". What the chemical is, or what the effect is i'm not sure, but I have known ppl that have used them to get high.

google your question I cant be responsible if i tell you what i think can be done, how do i know you wont try it? you know one whiff of something chemical can leave you brain dead? and you'd end up in a nursing home the rest of your life with a feeding tube in your stomach and then your whole family will morn for you every day, and how sad would that be?

Hi
some teens sniff glue by 'pouring' it into a plastic bag and inhale it. one can probably do the same with the paint or with the stuff from aerosol cans>>inhale it but you cannot abuse all kinds of glue or paint. at least i didn't hear of anyone getting high with textile paint or 'hard glue"(a one that's not liquid)...

Sniffing household products is called "Huffing".
PLEASE don't try it.
Respect yourself enough to take care of the only body you will ever have.

What are Inhalants?
Inhalants are ordinary household products that are inhaled or sniffed by children to get high. There are hundreds of household products on the market today that can be misused as inhalants.

What do they look like?
Examples of products kids abuse to get high include model airplane glue, nail polish remover, cleaning fluids, hair spray, gasoline, the propellant in aerosol whipped cream, spray paint, fabric protector, air conditioner fluid (freon), cooking spray and correction fluid.
How are they used?
These products are sniffed, snorted, bagged (fumes inhaled from a plastic bag), or "huffed" (inhalant-soaked rag, sock, or roll of toilet paper in the mouth) to achieve a high. Inhalants are also sniffed directly from the container.
What are their short-term effects?
Within seconds of inhalation, the user experiences intoxication along with other effects similar to those produced by alcohol. Alcohol-like effects may include slurred speech, an inability to coordinate movements, dizziness, confusion and delirium. Nausea and vomiting are other common side effects. In addition, users may experience lightheadedness, hallucinations, and delusions.

What are their long-term effects?
Compulsive use and a mild withdrawal syndrome can occur with long-term inhalant abuse. Additional symptoms exhibited by long-term inhalant abusers include weight loss, muscle weakness, disorientation, inattentiveness, lack of coordination, irritability, and depression.

After heavy use of inhalants, abusers may feel drowsy for several hours and experience a lingering headache. Because intoxication lasts only a few minutes, abusers frequently seek to prolong their high by continuing to inhale repeatedly over the course of several hours. By doing this, abusers can suffer loss of consciousness and death.

What is their federal classification?
Schedule I

STORY ONE - Megan Hakeman's Huffing addiction

I never thought it could happen to me. Becoming addicted to inhalants was not a plan that I had. I had a pretty good childhood, playing sports and hanging out with my brother and neighborhood friends. My mom and I were close, and we would spend quite a bit of time together.

My family lives in a fairly small, close-knit community where there were always fun activities planned for the kids. When I was 12 years old and entering seventh grade, when most kids anticipate new and exciting adventures, my life went down hill. I, Megan - you know, the girl next door - had many problems. Although a lot of teens probably feel as though they have problems, mine were rooted in something that wasn't my fault: sexual abuse. Dealing with something such as this, alone, is virtually an impossible task, and at the time, it felt impossible to overcome. Therefore, I needed to cope. Life was becoming too much for me, and when I was offered help to begin a healing process, I refused it. I felt nothing at that time would help, until I encountered drugs.

Shortly after my 13th birthday, an older kid in the neighborhood who knew I was struggling offered me some weed. He thought it would help. So did I. It really seemed as though getting high was helping me forget my problems. Although, without even noticing, soon, I needed more drugs to get high. That's when I began huffing - you know, inhaling various household products to get high. I inhaled almost anything I could get my hands on - computer cleaner, air freshener, various spray bottles, etc - so that I could get high.

My parents knew something wasn't right, and they would drag me to counseling. I learned though that when one starts inhaling, he or she can be very sneaky so that they don't lose an opportunity to get high. Honestly, I was a great manipulator. I even had the counselors fooled. I would sit there with my arms crossed for an hour - not listening to a word they had to say. I just wanted to continue my huffing.

I enjoyed huffing because it was cheap, an easy high to obtain, and in 20 minutes my high would be gone so no one would know. Inhalants took up so much of my time, thoughts and energy that I didn't realize my life was getting totally out of control. Huffing was becoming a big problem, and an everyday occurrence. I did it alone, I did it with friends, I did it when I felt sad, lonely or scared - even when I was happy. It was my escape. I did it anytime - I didn't care about family, friends, life or anything.

It was inevitable that my family would learn of my abuse. I couldn't hide it anymore. That's when my parents sent me to treatment for my huffing addiction. For the first month, I hated treatment and I hated my parents. It wasn't until I completed the initial month that I realized this is what I needed if I wanted to stay alive.

When I entered treatment at age 14, I definitely wasn't the same girl, Megan, who lived next door. In treatment I learned how to communicate my feelings instead of hiding from them through drugs. That was a major problem for me - any time there was a problem, I thought if I got high it would go away. Even though I hated treatment for the first month, it was the best thing that could have happened, because I changed in so many ways. Now, I am able to talk about my thoughts and feelings, instead of covering them up. I was in treatment for three months, and actually, I feel lucky. In fact, I know I am lucky. Huffing could have killed me. I started to huff when I was 13 years old...that's too young to do a lot of things, including becoming an addict, or dying.

I recently celebrated my 15th birthday, as a sober, healthy high school student and to be honest, staying sober can be challenging at times. Kids in school definitely huff to get high, and some even ask me to participate even though they know what I've been through. Trust me, I have no plans to ever get high again. I never want to go through that nightmare again.

An important lesson I learned when I got out of treatment was that my supposed friends who I used to get high with only liked me when I was high. I also realized that I didn't like me when I was high.

--Megan Hakeman
http://www.drugfree.org/portal/stories/t...

STORY TWO - Jeny's Story

A Common Cleaning Product Killed My Daughter

If I could just take a few minutes of your time and hopefully spare another family the nightmare that my family will now live for the rest of our lives. My name is Kelli and my daughter's name was Jeny.

On March 25, at 10:30 p.m., we received a call from the hospital telling us that Jeny had been in an accident. They wouldn't tell me she was okay, just to get to the hospital. After driving 15 miles to get there, we weren't allowed to see her and couldn't find out if she was okay. We waited two hours before a police officer took us to another room. He showed us a cleaning product. He said the driver of the car had "huffed" it.

We had no idea of what he was talking about - never heard of huffing. The driver of the car had inhaled the cleaner and immediately passed out. The car went down an embankment, across interstate 75 and hit the cement divider in the medium. The driver and the two passengers in the backseat walked away. Jeny's head went through the windshield and hit the divider. She died immediately.

Jeny was an A-B student, popular in her school, loved life - and I know she would have never tried inhalants had she known the danger and especially riding with someone who was driving and inhaling. They were just "having fun". We never got to say goodbye to Jeny. In a matter of minutes, her life was cruelly taken away. So, for the parents reading this, please, know what your child is doing, and educate yourself about inhalants. It's a drug and it's dangerous. For the kids out there reading this, please, don't be stupid.

Don't think inhalants can't hurt you, because they can and they kill. Don't allow your parents to go through the nightmare that we are now living.

http://www.cnoa.org/N-07.pdf
Source(s):
http://www.drugfree.org/portal/drug_guid...

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