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INHALANT [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

An agent or medicinal substance that is administered in a vaporous form into the upper respiratory passages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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Record 2 2007-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

Any breathable chemical vapor inhaled for its psychoactive effects.

CONT

The term "inhalant" refers to chemical vapours or gases that produce a high when they are breathed in. Most of the substances used as inhalants, such as glue, gasoline, cleaning solvents and aerosols, have legitimate everyday uses, but they were never meant for human consumption. Inhalants are cheap, legal and easy to get. They have a high potential for abuse - especially by children and young adults.

OBS

Inhalants commonly are organic solvents, such as glue and paint thinner, or anesthetic gases, such as ether and nitrous oxide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

Les inhalants sont des produits chimiques à vapeur psychotrope. Ils sont rarement considérés comme des drogues puisqu'ils ne sont jamais fabriqués à cette fin. La plupart des produits à inhaler sont des solvants d'hydrocarbures volatils dérivés du pétrole et du gaz naturel; les deux principales exceptions sont le nitrite d'amyle et le protoxyde d'azote.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
DEF

Sustancia química altamente tóxica de uso industrial y doméstico que al ser inhalada puede producir graves consecuencias físicas y psíquicas.

CONT

Los inhalantes, sustancias tóxicas producidas comercialmente para uso doméstico o industrial, no sólo pueden adquirirse fácilmente, sino que además son de muy bajo costo económico, motivo por el cual los utilizan las clases sociales más desfavorecidas y marginales, y en especial los niños y adolescentes.

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