Volatile Substance Abuse

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A specific form of substance abuse that encompasses any inhalant which can evoke the desired 'high'. Inhalants include adhesives (which contain toluene and xylene), aerosol sprays (butane, halons), lighter fluid (butane), dry cleaning and stain removers (trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene), paint thinners, typewriter correction ('white-out') fluids, nail varnish remover (acetone), amyl nitrate, etc.

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No references found			This is a shocking indictment of how volatile substance abuse is not taken seriously. SOLVENT: CHARGE SUPPLIERS WITH MANSLAUGHTER by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) A report, carried out by St George's University of London, was published yesterday and shows the worrying trends associated with people dying from volatile substance abuse (VSA). Do you know what your kids are up to? by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Re-Solv will use its pounds 91,136 grant over three years to develop projects to tackle volatile substance abuse in the region; Them Wifies will receive pounds 85,829 for a project which uses drama to educate women with learning disabilities about health issues; while the Greater Walker Community Trust has been given pounds 60,000 towards the running costs of the organisation, which supports older people in east Newcastle. pounds 39,000 sets stage for opera by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Vohwinkel syndrome voice voice box voice sounds voiced voiceless voiceprint void voiding voiding cystogram voiding cystourethrography voiding urethrography Voigt's lines Voit vol vol. vol.% vola volar volar ligament volaris volatile volatile oil volatile organic compound volatile solvent Volatile Substance Abuse volatility volatilization volcanic eruptions Volcano vole Vole Clock volemia Volenti Non Fit Injuria Volhard's test volition volition test volitional volitional collapse volitional tremor Volkmann curette Volkmann retractor Volkmann's canal Volkmann's canals Volkmann's contracture Volkmann's disease Volkmann's ischemic contracture Volkmann's paralysis Volkmann's splint volley volsella			Volatile Organic Concentrator Volatile Organic Contaminant Volatile Organic Content Volatile Organic Hazardous Air Pollutant Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons Volatile Organic Liquid Volatile Organic Sampling Train Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbon Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbon Mixture Volatile Programmable Logic Device volatile RAM Volatile Random Access Memory Volatile Removal Assembly volatile salt Volatile Short Chain Fatty Acids Volatile Solids Volatile Solids Loading Rate Volatile Solids Reduction Volatile solvent Volatile solvent Volatile solvent Volatile solvent Volatile solvent Volatile solvents Volatile solvents Volatile solvents Volatile solvents Volatile solvents volatile storage volatile storage Volatile Substance Abuse Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2005 Volatile Substance Misuse Volatile Substance Use Volatile Sulfur Compound volatile sulfur compounds volatile sulfur compounds volatile sulfur compounds volatile sulfur compounds volatile sulfur compounds Volatile Suspended Solids volatile thinner Volatile Total Organic Halogen Volatile Toxic Organic Compounds Volatile variable volatile-oil reservoir volatileness volatileness volatileness volatileness volatileness Volatiles Volatiles Volatiles Volatiles Volatiles Volatilidad Volatilidad implicita volatilisable Volatilisation Volatilisation

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