Inhalants

Question 1

What are some examples of volatile solvents?

Answer 1

fingernail polish
household cements and glues
petroleum products (gas, kerosine, various glues)
paints
paint thinner
spray paint
liquid correction fluid
engine degreaser

Question 2

What is an aerosol?

Answer 2

Chemical discharged from a pressurized container by the propellant force of compressed gas.

Question 3

What are some examples of abused aerosols?

Answer 3

hair spray
deoderant
insecticides
PAM vegetable oil

Question 4

All abused aerosols contain what?

Answer 4

hydrocarbon gasses that produce drug effects

Question 5

what does “volatile” in volatile solvents mean?

Answer 5

evaporates easily to produce flames

Question 6

What are anesthetic gasses?

Answer 6

drugs that abolish pain

Question 7

What are popular anesthetic gasses?

Answer 7

Ether
Nitrous Oxide
Amyl Nitrite
Butyl Nitrite

Question 8

________ are vasodilating substances used medically to relieve angina pectoris (heart-related chest pain)

Answer 8

Nitrites

Question 9

Anesthetic gasses do what to blood vessels?

Answer 9

they dilate the blood vessels around the heart lowering blood pressure

Question 10

What are slang names for nitrite?

Answer 10

“Rush” and “locker room”

Question 11

What are some general names for inhalant use?

Answer 11

huffing, hacking, ballooning, and glading

Question 12

What is SSD

Answer 12

`Sudden Sniffing Death - death caused by breathing inhalants in closed/poorly ventilated spaces

Question 13

Nitrites produce effects that last…

Answer 13

a few seconds up to 20 minutes

Question 14

The effects of nitrous oxide last..

Answer 14

5 minutes or less