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[3] Inhalants are the only substance used more by younger teenagers than by older teenagers. [4] 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 practices are known colloquially as "sniffing", "huffing" or "bagging".
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]
Jenkem is an inhalant and hallucinogen created from fermented human waste.In the mid-1990s, it was reported to be a popular street drug among Zambian youth, created by placing feces and urine in a bottle or a bucket, sealing it with a balloon or lid and leaving it to ferment in the sun; afterwards they would inhale the gases generated.
The new study found that between 2013 and 2017, there were 46 cancer drugs granted accelerated approval. Of those, 63% were converted to regular approval even though only 43% demonstrated a ...
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 ...
This is a list of chemotherapeutic agents, also known as cytotoxic agents or cytostatic drugs, that are known to be of use in chemotherapy for cancer.This list is organized by type of agent, although the subsections are not necessarily definitive and are subject to revision.
Shares of the small-cap biotech Clovis Oncology soared after presenting data on two drugs -- one for lung cancer and another that's tied to the same genetically defective BRCA function that made ...
Snuff is a cause of oral cancer, oesophagus cancer, and pancreas cancer. [11] All tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, contain cancer-causing chemicals. [15] [10] These carcinogenic compounds occurring in snuff vary widely, and depend upon the kind of product and how it was manufactured. [18]