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Glues, Inhalants, and Aerosols

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This short chapter describes a heterogeneous group of industrial substances that share the ability to produce generalized CNS depression and signs of confusion through disturbances in physiological functioning within neurons.1–4 Although labeled as glues, solvents, and aerosols in prior editions of this text, in deference to the DSM-IV system, this update uses the more generic term of inhalants,5 reflecting the ability of these substances to be administered through inhalation via the lungs. Some other drugs are also inhaled, including tobacco and several agents discussed with the hallucinogens (e. g., amyl and butyl nitrite and nitrous oxide), but the clinical and biological effects of these other drugs make it more appropriate that they be discussed in chapters 8 and 12.

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Schuckit, M.A. (2000). Glues, Inhalants, and Aerosols. In: Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3232-0_10

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