From the Scripps News:
Inhalant abuse effects an array of people, from users to families. While inhalant addiction is not a victimless crime, it also is not age-specific. Instances of inhalant use spike among minors who have not entered high school but anecdotes and data suggest adults abuse household products. 1 in 5 adolescents has used inhalants by 8th grade. While some kick the habit, there are people who continue into adulthood.
This article looks at several adults whose habit took hold after age 18. There is an engaged couple in their early twenties eventually stopped cold turkey. For them, rock bottom came as they stared drooling into each other's eyes, their bodies plopped adjacent in a sunken couch. Then, there is a 37-year old woman whose arrest we covered in an earlier post. Pointedly, there was a 36 year old woman, also arrested, who never made it to the path of recovery. In short, the faces of inhalant use are many.
Do you know someone who is addicted to inhalants? Visit www.inhalant.org to find out how you can help.
1 comment:
My sister died recently from inhaling canned air. She was 37 years old. It definitely affects older people too. She had been a drug user in her 20's. And this was something she could do easily, and without getting caught...or so she thought. I believe we need to campaign to have these items taken off of shelves everywhere.
Her sister
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