Why Are Inhalants Dangerous?
Since judgment is impaired when high from an inhalant, you are much more likely to do something irresponsible like drive a car while intoxicated. You are also more likely to injure yourself from a fall. But these dangers are associated with repeated use and imply an addiction. There is an even more dangerous risk to using inhalants. In fact, some users can die upon their first use of the drug. Called Sudden Sniffing Death, this incident can cause a heart attack or a fatal arrhythmia. Inhalants are definitely not something you want to mess around with. Should you survive your first experience with inhalants, you can suffer long-term damage as well. Permanent brain damage can result, as can memory loss, respiratory failure, blindness and liver and kidney failure in the case of solvent abuse.