INHALANTS

WHAT WE KNOW

Inhalants negatively affect your brain.

• Chronic inhalant abusers may permanently lose the ability to perform basic functions, such as walking, talking, and thinking.
• Inhalants can cause sudden violent, or even deadly, behavior.

Inhalants can negatively affect your body.

• Inhalants starve the body of oxygen and force the heart to beat irregularly and more rapidly.
• Using inhalants can cause you to lose your sense of smell, feel nauseous, and/or have a nosebleed.
• Inhalant abusers can develop liver, lung, and kidney problems.
• Chronic abuse can lead to muscle deterioration and reduced muscle tone and strength.
• Death can be instantaneous. Users sometimes die from choking on their own vomit, suffocation, or heart attack.

Inhalants include a large group of chemicals found around the house, such as aerosol sprays, cleaning fluids, paint, glue, paint thinner, gasoline, propane, nail polish remover, correction fluid, air freshener, marker pens – but none of these is safe to inhale. They can all
kill you.

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