drug class: inhalant
This group of ubiquitous substances is so varied that they have little in common other than their volatility and route of administration (inhaled). Only a few are primarily produced as drugs while the majority have a variety of industrial and household uses. Few, if any, are controlled substances. They are found in glue, hair spray, paints, nail polish and other products. Many are flammable.
Also: aerosol, propellant
- Cleaning fluids: carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethane, trichloroethylene
- Fuels: butane, gasoline, isopropane, propane, tetraethyl lead
- Gases: fluorinated hydrocarbons: Freon, bromochlorodifluoromethane, other fluorocarbons (refrigerants, fire extinguishers); nitrous oxide (N2O: anesthetic, whipped cream charger)
- Nitrites (amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite)
- Solvents: acetates, acetone, benzene, butylacetate, chloroform, ether, hexane, methanol, naphtha, methyl chloride, methyl ethyl ketone, methylene chloride, toluene
Associated with (substance-related): disorders
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Blue Velvet DVD widescreen | DVD Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan 1986 Dennis Hopper's character periodically inhales nitrous oxide from a canister under his coat.
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Irving, John Cider House Rules DVD | VHS | Hardcover | Paperback Tobey Maguire, Michael Cain, Charlize Theron In the film Michael Cain's character often administers ether to himself.
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas VHS | DVD widescreen | DVD widescreen with DTS Stereo Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro 1998
- Love Liza VHS | DVD widescreen Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates 2000