Editing Recreational drug use (section)

===Inhalants===
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Inhalants are [[gas]]es, [[aerosol]]s, or solvents that are breathed in and absorbed through the lungs. While some "inhalant" drugs are used for [[List of medical inhalants|medical purposes]], as in the case of [[nitrous oxide]], a dental anesthetic, inhalants are used as recreational drugs for their intoxicating effect.<ref name="ACB 2020">{{cite journal |author1-last=Quax |author1-first=Marcel L. J. |author2-last=Van Der Steenhoven |author2-first=Timothy J. |author3-last=Bronkhorst |author3-first=Martinus W. G. A. |author4-last=Emmink |author4-first=Benjamin L. |date=July 2020 |title=Frostbite injury: An unknown risk when using nitrous oxide as a party drug |journal=Acta Chirurgica Belgica |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] on behalf of the Royal Belgian Society for Surgery |volume=120 |issue=1–4 |pages=140–143 |doi=10.1080/00015458.2020.1782160 |issn=0001-5458 |pmid=32543291 |s2cid=219702849}}</ref> Most inhalant drugs that are used non-medically are ingredients in household or industrial chemical products that are not intended to be concentrated and inhaled, including organic [[solvent]]s (found in cleaning products, fast-drying glues, and [[nail polish]] removers), fuels ([[gasoline]] (petrol) and [[kerosene]]), and propellant gases such as [[Freon]] and compressed [[hydrofluorocarbon]]s that are used in aerosol cans such as hairspray, whipped cream, and non-stick cooking spray. A small number of recreational inhalant drugs are pharmaceutical products that are used illicitly, such as anesthetics ([[ether]] and nitrous oxide)<ref name="ACB 2020"/> and volatile anti-[[Angina pectoris|angina]] drugs ([[Poppers|alkyl nitrites]], more commonly known as "poppers").

The most serious inhalant abuse occurs among children and teens who "[...] live on the streets completely without family ties".<ref name="monographs">{{cite book | vauthors = Edwards RW, Oetting ER | chapter = Inhalant use in the United States | veditors = Kozel N, Sloboda Z, De La Rosa M | title = Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse: An International Perspective. Proceedings of a meeting. July 21-22, 1993 | series = NIDA Research Monograph | volume = 148 | pages = 8–28  | date = 1995 | pmid = 8999334 | doi = | url = http://www.drugabuse.gov/pdf/monographs/148.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060926054236/http://www.drugabuse.gov/pdf/monographs/148.pdf | archive-date = 26 September 2006 }}</ref> Inhalant users inhale [[vapor]] or aerosol propellant gases using plastic bags held over the mouth or by breathing from a solvent-soaked rag or an open container. The effects of inhalants range from an alcohol-like intoxication and intense euphoria to vivid [[hallucination]]s, depending on the substance and the dosage. Some inhalant users are injured due to the harmful effects of the solvents or gases, or due to other chemicals used in the products inhaled. As with any recreational drug, users can be injured due to dangerous behavior while they are intoxicated, such as driving under the influence. Computer cleaning dusters are dangerous to inhale, because the gases expand and cool rapidly upon being sprayed. In many cases, users have died from [[Hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]] (lack of oxygen), pneumonia, cardiac failure or arrest,<ref name="gdcada.org">{{cite web | url = http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/inhalants.htm | title = Inhalants | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090408021738/http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/inhalants.htm | archive-date = 8 April 2009 | work = Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse }}</ref> or aspiration of vomit.

Examples include:
* [[Chloroform]]
* [[Ethyl chloride]]
* [[Diethyl ether]]
* [[Ethane]] and [[ethylene]]
* [[Laughing gas]] ([[nitrous oxide]])<ref name="ACB 2020"/>
* [[Poppers]] ([[alkyl nitrite]]s)
* [[Solvent]]s and [[propellant]]s (including [[propane]], [[butane]], [[freon]], [[gasoline]], [[kerosene]], [[toluene]]) along with the [[Vapor|fumes]] of [[glue]]s containing them