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Poppers. Poppers (or popper or poppe) is a slang term referring to recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds. When fumes from these substances are inhaled, they act as potent vasodilators, producing mild euphoria, warmth, and dizziness. Most effects have a rapid onset and are short-acting. [ 1]
2O charger (bottom right), cracker (top right) and balloon. 3 liter can of recreational nitrous oxide to fill up balloons. Nitrous oxide (street name nangs, hippy crack, whippets, whippits or cannies) is a gas which can induce euphoria, hallucinogenic states and relaxation when inhaled. [ 1] Nitrous oxide is a neurotoxin and excessive use can ...
According to a 1995 report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the most serious inhalant use occurs among homeless children and teenagers who "live on the streets completely without family ties." [3] Inhalants are the only substance used more by younger teenagers than by older teenagers. [4]
Nitrous oxide whippets are inhalant drugs that are popular among teenagers and young adults for their short-lived “high.” Driver inhaled whippets before fatal crash that killed 18-year-old ...
Inhalant – non-medical drugs administered via inhalation This page was last edited on 24 March 2024, at 03:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Dederich held that addicts lacked maturity or the ability to handle freedom responsibly. They must be broken down to be built back up. “Comfort is not for adults,” Dederich argued in a taped speech during the commune’s early days. “Comfort destroys adults.” John Peterson was one of the first to move into Synanon, as the commune was ...
Methoxyflurane, sold under the brand name Penthrox among others, is an inhaled medication primarily used to reduce pain following trauma. [ 5][ 6] It may also be used for short episodes of pain as a result of medical procedures. [ 4] Onset of pain relief is rapid and of a short duration. [ 4] Use is only recommended with direct medical supervision.
L'Absinthe, an 1876 portrait by Edgar Degas. Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. [ 1] When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect. [ 1]