A Huffing Post
October 17, 2007
Huffing.
Huffing is inhaling inhalents because of the dizzy high you get when you breath them in. Sniffing glue? Huffing. Sniffing paint? Huffing. Liquid paper, permanent markers, nail polish removers. Huffers.
It’s seductive because it’s “not drugs,” but it’s just as dangerous. Here’s a story about one way it was dangerous for one thirteen year old young woman.
From all reports, I have concluded that - long story short - dd huffed and passed out. Unfortunately, she smashed her face into a brick wall on the way down. She continued to try to get up and fall down several times, smashing various body parts on the pavement. She is really banged up. HUGE goose egg on her forehead, broken nose, braces went through upper lip, lots of scrapes…most of the boys she was with took off. One boy that she has been friends with since 3rd grade, who did not partake in the stupidness, screamed for help and stayed with her until ems took her away.
This is only one way kids can get hurt while huffing. Kids ( or you ) can also suffer from pneumonia, lack of oxygen, cardiac failure, hearing loss, damage to the central nervous system and possibly death. And as a side affect, some kids will use a paper or plastic bag to concentrate the fumes.
Talk to your kids about drugs and also talk to them about the dangers of huffing.
- Posted in : Advice
- Author :russ
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