Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: The Silent Killer: Inhalant Abuse, Feb. 2002; pp. 48-52.
This article focuses on "huffing, the practice of inhaling chemical fumes into the lungs. Huffing is widespread with adolescents ages 12 to 17 and, according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, one child in five, in grades 7 through 12, has tried sniffing fumes of legal household goods....Given the fact that huffing is a reckless and dangerous practice, why then do so many children huff?" (COUNSELOR).
1522-3213;
Aerosol sniffing. Chemicals--Physiological effect. Drug abuse. Solvent abuse. Teenagers--Drug use.