Inhalant Abuse Check List
Created by the Maine Inhalant Abuse Prevention Work Group
For more information about inhalants please contact:
Maine Office of Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Information and Resource Center
Phone: 1-800-499-0027 TTY – 711 (Maine Relay)
Email: Web Address: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/samhs/osa/irc
• Kitchen
q Whipped cream
q Whippets (Nitrous oxide cartridges)
q Pam
q Insecticides
q Spray (aerosol) cleaners
• Basement or workshop
q WD40
q Fabric protector (Scotch Guard)
q Paint, cans or spray (especially gold or silver spray paint)
q Paint thinner
q Mineral spirits
q Toluene
q Paint remover, stripper
q Lacquer thinner
q Contact cement
q Solvent-based caulking
q Contact cleaner
q Turpentine
• School and art supplies
q Correction fluid
q Correction fluid thinner
q Permanent magic markers
q Dry erase markers
q Contact cement
q Rubber cement
q Ducco cement, airplane or model glue
q Spray adhesive
q Computer gas duster
• Bathroom
q Hair spray
q Air freshener
q Nail polish and nail polish remover
q Spray deodorant
q Spray cleaners
q Asthma inhaler
• Garage
q Gasoline
q Coleman stove fuel
q Propane (barbeque grills, portable torches )
q Carburetor cleaner
q Charcoal starter fluid
q Starter fluid
q Flat tire repair aerosol cans (“Fix-A-Flat”)
• Miscellaneous
q Any spray (aerosol) cans
q Mothballs
q Freon
q Air conditioners
q Refrigerators
q Halon (from fire extinguisher)
q Gas cigarette lighters
q Gas cigarette lighter refills (butane)
q Lighter fluid
q Dry cleaning fluid and spot removers
• Anesthetics
q Nitrous oxide
q “Whippets” (mini-tanks)
q Whipped cream cans
q Ether
q Chloroform
• Nitrites
q Amyl nitrite
q Butyl nitrite
Examples of Paraphernalia
q Plastic bags
q Paper bags
q Rags
q Toilet paper tubes stuffed with tissues
q Empty soda cans
q Empty cologne or perfume bottles
q Balloons (Nitrous oxide)
q Tanks (Nitrous oxide)
Developed by
Howard C. Wolfe, MA, LMFT
E-mail:
781-643-7272 or 800.419.8398
Adapted by
Maine Inhalant Abuse Prevention Task Force
Created by the Maine Inhalant Abuse Prevention Work Group
For more information about inhalants please contact:
Maine Office of Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Information and Resource Center
Phone: 1-800-499-0027 TTY – 711 (Maine Relay)
Email: Web Address: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/samhs/osa/irc
Created by the Maine Inhalant Abuse Prevention Work Group
For more information about inhalants please contact:
Maine Office of Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
Information and Resource Center
Phone: 1-800-499-0027 TTY – 711 (Maine Relay)
Email: Web Address: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/samhs/osa/irc