Priyamvada Sharma
Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS, USA
Title: Qualitative and Quantitative determination of solvent abuse
Biography
Biography: Priyamvada Sharma
Abstract
During the late nineteenth century several countries around the world started reporting problem of solvent abuse among adults and teenagers. Inhalant abuse is the intentional gasp of volatile substances because of their fast and pleasurable sensory experience. (Flanagan and Fisher 2008) A nationwide survey conducted in Korea reported that more than 90% of male teenagers and over 60 % of female teenagers have at least sniffed glue once in their lifetime. These substances give an intoxicating high to the users and this euphoria is the cause for addiction.(Kwon et al. 2011) Most inhalant drugs are non-medically used ingredients in household or industrial chemical products and are not intended to be concentrated and inhaled. A small number of recreational inhalant drugs are pharmaceutical products that are used illicitly. Inhalants can be classified by their intended function