Sniffing thinner
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Around 1967, this peculiar addiction was introduced to Japan from the
United States of America. At that time, various hallucinatory or stimulant
drugs were in circulation among the young people of Western countries and
Japanese youths, deprived of access to this fashionable but dangerous
trend, turned to thinner-sniffing as a substitute. Paint thinner, composed
largely of toluene, causes intoxication; the method of inhaling it is to
place the thinner in a plastic bag and sniff the aromatic fumes. The side
effects - nausea and paralysis of the nervous system -can be lethal. The
habit is difficult to eradicate since paint thinner, unlike synthetic
drugs, can be obtained almost anywhere.
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