Do you have cooking or paint sprays, glues, or gasoline in your home? Sniffing household products is an inexpensive and easy way for kids to get high. According to the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition, one in five children has used an inhalant by the 8th grade. Talk to your tweens and teens before they experiment.
Need ideas on how to approach your children about inhalant abuse? Click here to find them in this story from the Raleigh News & Observer.
Call the Carolinas Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 if someone in your family has used inhalants.