Inhalants are common products that can be found in virtually every room in your home. Because they are inexpensive, accessible, and unmonitored by parents, inhalants are among the most popular and deadly substances kids abuse. Teens use inhalants by sniffing or snorting the fumes from containers to produce a “high”. This high can be attained by spraying aerosols directly into the mouth or nose; bagging, by inhaling a substance inside a paper or plastic bag; huffing from an inhalant-soaked rag; or inhaling from balloons filled with nitrous oxide.

Hundreds of household products qualify as inhalants. Some of these may be in your kitchen, bathroom, garage, or bedroom. Take a virtual tour of TheAntiDrug.com’s “Inhalants House” to learn more about inhalants in your home.

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Prevention

Parents can keep their teens away from inhalants by talking to them and letting them know the dangers associated with inhalants. Most young users don’t realize how dangerous inhalants can be. Inhalants are widely available and inexpensive, and parents should be careful about how they store common household products.