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	Solvent Abuse - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Solvent Abuse, or “glue-sniffing”, the deliberate inhalation of fumes given off by volatile substances in order to get intoxicated or “high”.
		Solvent, liquid substance that dissolves or breaks down another substance into a more elementary form and is usually present in greater quantity...
		Child Abuse, intentional use of physical force or intentional omission of care by a parent or guardian that causes a child to be hurt, maimed, or...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Solvent_Abuse.html (137 words)

	BBC - Crime Drugs - Solvent Abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Solvents include all substances that contain butane or propane gas, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.
		The effects of solvent abuse start almost immediately after inhalation, and last between 15 to 45 minutes, unless the user continues to repeat the dose.
		Solvents are used around the home every day so it is not illegal to possess them.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/drugs/solventabuse.shtml (605 words)

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		Solvents from contact adhesives, notably toluene, petrol (gasoline), halogenated solvents, volatile hydrocarbons such as those found in cigarette lighter refills, aerosol propellants, halocarbon fire extinguishers, and inhalational anaesthetics may be abused in this way.
		Traditional drug abuse treatment services are often oriented towards older users of illegal drugs, and many are, not well equipped to help young volatile substance abusers, who may have a very different outlook on life compared with their more familiar clients.
		Under the Solvent Abuse (Scotland) Act, 1983, VSA is one of the conditions which, if satisfied, might justify referring a young person to a quasi-judicial children's hearing which has powers to take a young person into care or otherwise make recommendations for treatment.
	www.unodc.org /unodc/en/bulletin/bulletin_1994-01-01_2_page007.html?print=yes (9265 words)

	Solvent Abuse- Alan Phenix
		By contrast, oxygen-containing solvents such as acetone and ethanol have a high contribution from the two types of polar forces and are therefore described as polar solvents.
		As the strength of a solvent on a particular solute depends on the similarity of its properties, it is possible to gauge the affect of any solvent on the solute by testing a material to see if it dissolves in a broad range of solvents from different positions on the Teas chart.
		Solvents and mixtures of solvents whose parameters lie within that region should be effective solvents for that material.
	www.buildingconservation.com /articles/solvent/solvent.htm (2794 words)

	Re-Solv Factsheets
		Their use of solvents frequently has the hallmarks of dependence, such as an unwillingness to do without the substance under any circumstances, a heavy and regular use of solvents and, mostly, the presence of pre-existing social or psychological difficulties, which the continued use of solvents may represent an attempt to solve.
		Over half of the deaths, which have been linked to solvent sniffing, appear to result from the direct toxic effects of the chemicals, which were sniffed; but other deaths result from accidents, choking on vomit or suffocation.
		There is little evidence of substantially different patterns of solvent abuse among minority ethnic groups in the UK, although the little evidence there is supports the idea that such groups are less likely to sniff solvents.
	www.re-solv.org /lt_abuse.asp (1015 words)

	Inhalant Abuse
		The abuse of inhalants, which includes a broad array of cheap and easily obtainable household products is not viewed traditionally in the same high-risk categories as drugs such as alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.
		As reported in a Texas study, the solvent toluene, a common component of many paints, lacquers, glues, inks, and cleaning fluids, is identified frequently in inhalant abuse deaths and injuries.
		However, solvent abuse is often held in low regard by older adolescents, who may consider it unsophisticated, a "kid" habit.
	www.serenitylane.org /druginfo/inhalant_abuse.html (1277 words)

	Solvent abuse - TheSite.org
		One third of young people that die from VSA are first-time solvent abusers, and in 37% of deaths in 1997 there was no prior known history of abuse.
		Solvent abusers can be male or female, although there are higher numbers of solvent related deaths in boys.
		Over half of the deaths that have been linked to solvent sniffing, appear to result from the direct toxic effects of the chemicals that were sniffed; but other deaths result from accidents, choking on vomit or suffocation.
	www.thesite.org /drinkanddrugs/drugsafety/usingdrugs/solventabuse (556 words)

	Drugs - solvents, glue, solvent abuse
		Traditionally referred to as 'glue sniffing', the vast majority of solvent abusers are between the ages of 11-16 and usually male.
		Solvent abuse accounts for a death rate of over 70 people a year, the vast majority being under 20 years old.
		Solvent possession or abuse is not a criminal act in itself, although shopkeepers can be fined under the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 if they knowingly sell to an abuser under 18.
	www.urban75.com /Drugs/solvents.html (319 words)

	Solvent Abuse - What are the risks? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Family disruption is a common problem – due to the difficulty of having to deal with a child intoxicated with solvents, assaults on members of the family, legal difficulties resulting from the abuse and failure of the child to return home.
		Other behavioural effects from solvent abuse include absenteeism from school (“mitching”), followed by a deterioration in their school performance with many chronic abusers dropping out of school altogether.
		Solvent abusers are more likely to move on to use and abuse alcohol than illegal drugs.
	www.shb.ie /content139253326_1.cfm (568 words)

	Solvent Abuse Resource Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ensuring that volatile substance abuse is adequately covered within the training of professionals, including teachers, youth and community workers, nurses, doctors, social workers, the police, pharmacists and the probation service, will enhance their ability to deal with solvent abuse appropriately.
		A number of studies indicate that solvent abuse in the UK is largely confined to children between the ages of 12 to 17 years, peaking at around 14 to 15 years, with around one in ten secondary school children prepared to "give it a try".
		Also, assuming that solvent abuse is a thing of the past or that we don't have a problem round here or that only certain types of young people get involved with drugs and solvents is dangerous.
	sparc.airtime.co.uk /users/sarg/sarg3.htm (1324 words)

	Inhalant abuse
		Inhalant abuse is the intentional inhalation of a volatile substance for the purpose of achieving a euphoric state.
		A progressive school-based inhalant abuse curriculum beginning in kindergarten with developmentally appropriate modules throughout elementary school is seen as the most efficient strategy and should be implemented particularly in areas where inhalant abuse is prevalent.
		Inhalant abuse should be included in all substance abuse prevention curricula in the primary grades and emphasized especially in areas where inhalant abuse is endemic.
	www.cps.ca /english/statements/II/ii97-01.htm (2692 words)

	Inhalant and Solvent Abuse and Addiction Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Abuse of inhalants and solvents is most common among adolescents and younger children, especially between the ages of 13 to 15, who often use them to gain peer-acceptance.
		Examples of inhalants and solvents include glues, gasoline, rubber cement, aerosols, antifreeze, gasoline, correcting fluid, room deodorizers, paint thinners, nail polish removers, shoe polish, cooking sprays, and household cleaners and waxes.
		Inhaled solvents cross rapidly into the blood, and because they are fat soluble, they arrive quickly in the brain.
	www.egetgoing.com /drug_rehab/inhalants_solvents.asp (452 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Call for action on solvent abuse
		Campaigners are warning that the dangers of solvent abuse are being ignored by the government.
		The government successfully tackled the problem of solvent abuse in the early 1990s, cutting deaths in the UK from 152 a year then to around 60 now.
		She added: "Truancy, stealing and joyriding are also much more common in solvent abusers than in other school children, and they are far more likely to have been at least cautioned by the police.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3266443.stm (668 words)

	Inhalants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Volatile solvents are either gases, such as butane gas fumes, or liquids, such as gasoline or paint thinner, that vaporize at room temperature.
		Other volatile solvents found in aerosol products such as gold and silver spray paint are sniffed not because of the effects from propellant gases but because of the psychoactive effects caused by the specific solvents necessary to suspend these metallic paints in the spray.
		Among Native Americans, whose solvent abuse rates are the highest of any ethnic group, lifetime prevalence rates for males and females were nearly identical, according to 1991 NIDA data.
	www.drugstv.com /inhalants.htm (2037 words)

	04.0.4.06 Retailers support campaign against solvent abuse
		‘Solvent abuse can kill’ is the message which local retailer outlets will be displaying as part of a campaign by the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland (HPA) to raise awareness about the dangers of solvent abuse.
		While there is no stereotypical solvent abuser, young people remain the group most associated with solvent misuse with many experimenting around 13 or 14 years of age, if not earlier.
		An information pack Solvent abuse - a guide for retailers, which was first produced by the HPA a few years ago, is being reprinted and distributed again due to demand.
	www.healthpromotionagency.org.uk /Work/Publicrelations/PressReleases/solventabuse06.htm (537 words)

	NIDA - Publications - NIDA Notes - Vol. 17, No. 4 - Research Findings
		Their patterns of abuse ranged from "sporadic and intense" through "continuously," with more than half of the group indicating they stayed high on solvents for most of every day.
		Solvent abusers also had more extensive and more severe abnormalities in brain white matter (WM), a type of nerve tissue made up largely of specialized support cells and myelinated nerve fibers.
		The diffuse WM abnormalities found among solvent abusers in the study were associated with greater cognitive impairment.
	www.nida.nih.gov /NIDA_notes/NNVol17N4/Chronic.html (1119 words)

	Organic solvent and aerosol abuse American Family Physician - Find Articles
		Organic solvents typically are abused by inhalation of the gas or aerosol through the nose or mouth.
		Typically, volatile solvent sniffers are boys between the ages of 10 and 15 years, although use may begin as early as seven or eight years of age.
		As intoxicants, organic solvents have an abuse and addiction potential equal to that of alcohol or the opiates.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n1_v44/ai_11073960 (386 words)

	Inhalant abuse among American Indian, Mexican American, and non-Latino white adolescents American Journal of Drug and ...
		The abuse of volatile solvents and gases has received a limited amount of attention in the substance abuse field.
		There are a number of factors that set volatile solvent or inhalant use apart from the use of other drugs (see Beauvais and Oetting (1) for a discussion of terminology).
		All in all, volatile solvent abusers are an enigma for interventionists and are particularly refractory to treatment.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0978/is_1_28/ai_83661752 (434 words)

	Solvent abuse - initiation & frequency of use - IDMU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The peak age of initiation to use of solvents is 14, with most first trying solvents between ages 12 and 18, although 10% first experiment after age 18.
		In all the IDMU surveys, consistently, the vast majority of drug users report never having used solvents and of those who have, the majority have used experimentally (defined as on less than 10 occasions) or to have stopped using solvents altogether.
		The majority of non-solvent users state they would never consider trying solvents, and solvents generally have a highly negative rating (overall - 1.49/10) by users of illicit drugs.
	www.idmu.co.uk /solvents.htm (229 words)

	Kids Get Help - Articles - Substance Abuse - Solvent Abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The majority of solvent abusers are between the ages of 11 and 16 although people tend to refer to solvents as being glues there are other lethal solvents including; adhesives, paint, aerosol sprays, lighter fluid, fast drying glues and domestic and industrial products.
		Children are at greater risk from solvent abuse and have been known to die after 'sniffing' for the first time.
		In itself, solvent abuse or possession is not a criminal offence.
	www.kidsgethelp.org.uk /articles/substanceabuse/solventabuse.php (351 words)

	Inhalant Substance abuse - Parent Help Center
		For that reason, it is important for parents to talk to their child early about the dangers of solvent abuse.
		Inhalant abuse damages the brain, and the longer the abuse continues, the worse the damage becomes.
		The most important thing parents can do to prevent solvent abuse in their children is tell them how harmful it is. Many troubled teens start doing it because they think it is a safe way to get high.
	www.parenthelpcenter.org /teen_problems/inhalants (654 words)

	dot PHARMACY: update on solvent abuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The first case of solvent abuse in the UK was reported in 19621 and, during the 1970s, police began to detect outbreaks of industrial chemical inhalation in some inner cities.
		By the early 1980s, newspapers warned of the dangers of solvent abuse or 'glue sniffing' as it was then known and, by 1983, VSA became a recognised problem.
		The inhaled solvents, due to their lipophilicity, are rapidly absorbed through the lungs and then quickly distributed to the brain and other organs.
	www.dotpharmacy.co.uk /upsolv.html (1902 words)

	Deadly solvent abuse up / Liquid sold online mimics club drug
		Police believe the driver drank a "cleaning solvent," a bright blue liquid containing 1,4-butanediol -- a chemical compound that when ingested produces euphoric effects similar to the illegal club drug GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate).
		Abuse of the substance is on the rise.
		Nationwide, butanediol -- or tetramethylene glycol -- was responsible for six deaths in the past year and a half, according to the Food and Drug Administration division that oversees dietary supplements.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/13/MN116544.DTL&type=printable (1047 words)

	Solvent abuse - Addiction and dependency - Health - Homepage - Connexions Direct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When inhaling solvents, users normally feel an initial euphoria and lowering of inhibitions that is followed by feelings that are similar to those when you are drunk.
		The after-effects of inhaling solvents can include a mild hangover that leaves you feeling tired and lacking in concentration for about a day.
		Just because solvents can be bought legally over the counter it does not mean that it is right to inhale them.
	www.connexions-direct.com /index.cfm?pid=110&catalogueContentID=484 (254 words)

	Inhalant abuse (Also called solvent abuse, volatile organic solvent abuse, sniffing, huffing or bagging) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Although one of the most common and important types of substance abuse, inhalants are often overlooked in discussions of important or dangerous “drugs”.
		Liver: Several chlorine-containing solvent inhalants (e.g., trichloroethylene, chloroform, halothane) are toxic to the liver, causing anything from mild hepatitis to fulminant liver failure and death.
		Pregnancy and the newborn: Because of poor nutrition, other drug use and other factors in mothers who abuse inhalants during pregnancy, it is hard to know which problems are due to the inhalants.
	www.caresproject.org /docs/ed/drug/inhalants.htm (2050 words)

	Who sniffs volatile substances?
		One of the most distinctive factors about solvent abuse is that the products involved have legitimate everyday uses.
		Volatile substance abuse can be sensitively handled by placing it within an overall context of respect for one's own body and personal rights.
		This information was supplied by Re-solv: The Society for the Prevention of Solvent and Volatile Substance Abuse, the national charity solely dedicated to the prevention of solvent and volatile substance abuse (VSA).
	www.familyrapp.com /Results/archive_results_details.asp?ArticleID=607 (792 words)

	Cranial MR Findings in Chronic Toluene Abuse by Inhalation -- Aydin et al. 23 (7): 1173 -- American Journal of ...
		with patient age at onset of abuse and duration of abuse.
		at onset of abuse and duration of solvent abuse.
		abuse and reached a plateau in the 2nd or 3rd year of abuse.
	www.ajnr.org /cgi/content/full/23/7/1173 (3081 words)

	TurtleIsland.org :: View topic - First Nations and Solvent Abuse Syndrome
		The current trend of suicide and attempted suicide largely depicts a generation of lost children with no other means of escaping the harsh realities of their environment.
		It would appear that many people in the community see solvent abusers as part of a generation of youth whose parents themselves have been ravaged by the effects of alcohol, poverty and unemployment.
		Solvent and alcohol abuse is a problem throughout Manitoba.
	www.turtleisland.org /discussion/viewtopic.php?p=5975 (1342 words)

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