Post #177917 by TikiGardener on Sun, Aug 7, 2005 2:34 PM

Huffing has been around for quite a while. Remember model airplane glue before they made the "non-toxic" kind? I think Testors had lawsuits brought against it.They also had to do something because the hobby market would dry up because so many municipalities were enforcing the no glue to kids under 18 laws that were popping up.

Inhalents are one of the leading problems today. If it can be put in a can, some kid has probably huffed it.

Propane is one of the most abused ones.

I remember gold spray paint being a big hit among the kids in the Barrio area of San Diego. I watched one of the most quick witted, on top of it kids waste his life huffing spray paint. He would show up where I worked with traces of gold all around his mouth. They spray it into a bag, and huff the fumes.

People will find a way to alter their consciousness no matter what. They've been doing it for thousands of years. And unfortunately some will go to great and disastrous lengths to do so.

Its a terrible problem, but I'm not sure what can be done about it, aside from parents locking up every solvent/cleaning material under the kitchen sink. Come to think of it, thats about all that will prevent these sort of things.

Weren't there two kids who huffed something last summer in Los Angeles who then went swimming? And then drowned because whatever they huffed paralysed their central nervous system.

[ Edited by: TikiGardener 2005-08-07 14:38 ]