Editing Inhalant (section)

====Africa and Asia====
Glue and gasoline (petrol) sniffing is also a problem in parts of Africa, especially with street children. In India and South Asia, three of the most widely used inhalants are the [[Dendrite (adhesive)|Dendrite]] brand and other forms of contact adhesives and rubber cement manufactured in [[Kolkata]], and [[toluene]]s in [[paint thinner]]s. Genkem is a brand of glue, which had become the generic name for all the glues used by glue-sniffing children in Africa before the manufacturer replaced [[n-hexane]] in its ingredients in 2000.<ref name="cassere2010">Cassere, Di (14 November 2000). [http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/glue-loses-high-to-save-street-kid-addicts-1.53018 Glue loses high to save street-kid addicts.] ''The Independent'' (South Africa)</ref>

The [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] has reported that glue sniffing is at the core of "street culture" in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], and that the majority of [[street children]] in the city are habitual solvent users.<ref name=Cottrell-Boyce>{{cite journal|last=Cottrell-Boyce|first=Joe|journal=African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies|year=2010|volume=9|issue=2|pages=93–102|url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajdas/article/view/64142/51938|access-date=2 December 2022|doi=10.4314/ajdas.v9i2.64142|title=The role of solvents in the lives of Kenyan street children: An ethnographic perspective|doi-access=free}}</ref> Research conducted by Cottrell-Boyce for the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies found that glue sniffing amongst Kenyan street children was primarily functional – dulling the senses against the hardship of life on the street – but it also provided a link to the support structure of the "street family" as a potent symbol of shared experience.<ref name=Cottrell-Boyce />

Similar incidents of glue sniffing among destitute youth in the [[Philippines]] have also been reported, most commonly from groups of street children and teenagers collectively known as [[Rugby boy|"Rugby" boys]],<ref name="rugbyhuffing">{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/468093/rugby-cheap-high-citys-street-kids-first-two-parts|title='Rugby:' cheap high for city's street kids (First of two parts) |work=[[The Philippine Star]]|access-date=17 April 2013}}</ref> which were named after a brand of toluene-laden contact cement. Other toluene-containing substances have also been used, most notably the Vulca Seal brand of roof sealants. [[Bostik]] Philippines, which currently owns the Rugby and Vulca Seal brands, has since responded to the issue by adding [[bitterant]]s such as [[mustard oil]] to their Rugby line,<ref name="ecowaste">{{cite web|url=http://ecowastecoalition.blogspot.com/2013/04/government-urged-to-step-up-drive-vs_7.html|title=EcoWaste Coalition: Government Urged to Step Up Drive vs. Inhalant Abuse (Watchdog Pushes Ban on Sale to Children of Rugby, "Vulca Seal" and Allied Products)|work=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]|publisher=EcoWaste Coalition|access-date=17 April 2013}}</ref> as well as reformulating it by replacing toluene with [[xylene]]. Several other manufacturers have also followed suit.

Another very common inhalant is Erase-X, a [[correction fluid]] that contains toluene. It has become very common for school and college students to use it, because it is easily available in stationery shops in India. This fluid is also used by street and working children in Delhi.<ref>
{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/10826080500222792 |title=Street and working children of Delhi, India, misusing toluene: an ethnographic exploration |year=2005 |last1=Seth |first1=Rajeev |last2=Kotwal |first2=Atul |last3=Ganguly |first3=K. K. |journal=Substance Use & Misuse |volume=40 |issue=11 |pages=1659–79 |pmid=16253933|s2cid=22730800 }}</ref>