drug class: inhalant
This group of ubiquitous substances is so varied that they have little in common other than their
volatility and route of administration
(inhaled). Only a few are primarily produced as drugs while the majority have a variety of
industrial and household uses. Few, if any, are controlled substances. They are found in
glue, hair spray, paints, nail polish and other products. Many are flammable.
Also: aerosol, propellant
- Cleaning fluids: carbon tetrachloride,
tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethane, trichloroethylene
- Fuels: butane, gasoline, isopropane, propane, tetraethyl lead
- Gases: fluorinated hydrocarbons: Freon, bromochlorodifluoromethane,
other fluorocarbons (refrigerants, fire
extinguishers); nitrous oxide (N2O: anesthetic, whipped
cream charger)
- Nitrites (amyl nitrite, butyl
nitrite, isobutyl nitrite)
- Solvents: acetates, acetone, benzene, butylacetate, chloroform, ether, hexane,
methanol, naphtha, methyl chloride, methyl ethyl ketone, methylene chloride,
toluene
Associated with (substance-related):
disorders
Books and Other
Media:
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 The Basketball Diaries
Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Marilyn Sokol, and James Madio 1995
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Blue Velvet
DVD Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan 1986 Dennis Hopper's
character periodically inhales nitrous oxide from a canister under his coat.
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Cider House Rules DVD
Tobey Maguire, Michael Cain, Charlize Theron 1999 In the film Michael Cain's
character often administers ether to himself.
- Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas
DVD Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro 1998
- Irving, John Cider House Rules Hardcover
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- Love Liza
DVD Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates 2000
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Thirteen
Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, and Jeremy Sisto 2002
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