Inhaling is one of the most abusive substances that children and teenagers use in the US. Children will tend to inhale fumes and chemicals from sprays and ordinary household products, and these fumes can cause irreparable damage and/or death. These materials that are used to get high are called inhalants. The problem is slowly spreading worldwide and there are constantly cases of children using inhalants that lead to their deaths.

Inhalants are a big problem in the world society, but it is not a new phenomenon. The act of breathing in chemicals or fumes to change a person's state of consciousness is thousands of years old.

The practice of inhalation can be traced to the ancients Greeks. At Delphi in the ancient Greek world, a priestess would inhale carbon dioxide produced by burning laurel leaves. This brought on a mind-altering experience. In this altered state, the priestess...