Acute harms associated with inhalant misuse: Co-morbidities and trends relative to age and gender among ambulance attendees

Inhalant misuse is the deliberate inhalation of products such as glue or petrol, in order to achieve an altered mental state. While only 1% of Australians aged over 14 years report using inhalants in the previous 12 months (AIHW, 2017), the predominant population who misuse inhalants are adolescents. Surveys of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use in Australian secondary school students (aged 12 –17) identify that 10.3% report past-year inhalant use, with a greater prevalence among younger adolescents (White and Williams, 2016).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - July 2, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Rose Crossin, Debbie Scott, Katrina G. Witt, Jhodie R. Duncan, Karen Smith, Dan I. Lubman Tags: Full length article Source Type: research