Solvents (Depressant)

Unclassified

Other names: Gas, glues, aerosols, patrols, thinners.

Description: Any solvent or gas based product.

How long is it used?: Glues are sniffed mainly from a bag, gases and aerosols are sprayed into the mouth.

How long does it last?: Effects come on very quickly and disappear just at fast. Very similar to getting drunk and sober quickly.

Effects?: Similar to being drunk, hallucinations, nausea, dizziness, unconsciousness, suffocation, heart failure.

Long term problems?: Damage to the brain, liver and kidneys.



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