A different kind of inhalant abuse — prescribed asthma inhalers
The University of Michigan has issued a press release describing a study that found "… Young people who misuse asthma inhalers are seven times more likely to use illegal drugs and nearly three times more likely to use alcohol than their peers.
In a study of 5th through 10th graders in an ethnically diverse public school district in metro Detroit, University of Michigan researchers found that using an asthma inhaler in any way other than how it’s prescribed — sharing it with friends or family, using it to increase alertness or get high, for example — is strongly correlated with other substance use."