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March 2000 - Multiple Publications (click for publication list)
Every parent should take a drug test
Learn about inhalants, America's newest drug problem

It is illegal for persons to drive with a blood alcohol content above 0.01%. For most people that's one 12-ounce beer; one 4-ounce glass of wine or one drink with 1.25-ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits.

You don't need to score 100 % before you talk about this problem with your kids. You simply have to let them know how you feel about the problem and warn them of the dangers.

Don't be put off if your words don't seem to register. What does register is not so much what you say, but the fact you care enough to be concerned. Kids have a name for this kind of parental involvement. Love.

A good first step is simply to clip this test and put it up on your refrigerator.

Your kids may make jokes about it. But they'll get it. For more information call (619)442-2727.

How many substances can make you high if inhaled?

a	10-25
b	More than 25
c	More than 100
d	More than 500
e	More than 1000

By the eighth grade, how many kids have tried at least one inhalant?

a	One in a hundred
b	One in fifty
c	One in 25
d	One in 5
e	One in 2

By the eighth grade, how many kids can name at least three inhalants that will make you high?

a	One in twenty
b	One in ten
c	One in five
d	One in three
e	One in two

What is "huffing?"

a	Sucking on an aerosol can.
b	Blowing into a bag, then inhaling the fumes.
c	Inhaling a chemical by panting.
d	Putting a rag soaked with a chemical up to your mouth and inhale the fumes.
e	Pouring a chemical directly into your mouth and breathing the fumes.

What percentage of inhalants can be toxic?

a	10-25%
b	15-20%
c	25-50%
d	50-75%
e	All of them.

A danger of inhaling chemical substances is:

a	Brain damage
b	Liver and kidney damage
c	Suffocation
d	Death
e	All of the above.

Of the inhalants that will make you "high," how many can cause permanent brain damage?

a	One or two
b	A dozen or so
c	Almost a hundred
d	Nearly all of them
e	None of them

As in most drugs, risks are related to use and abuse. With inhalants, the difference between use and abuse is approximately:

a	Once
b	Three or four times.
c	A half dozen times.
d	A dozen or more times.
e	At least 20 times and probably a little more.

What is SSD?

a	Sweet Sniffing Dreams
b	Sudden Sniffing Desire
c	Sudden Sniffing Death
d	Sure Sniffing Damage
e	Shaky Sniffing Dancing

10.

The best approach to prevention with kids is:

a	Threaten them - e.g. "I'll break your neck if I ever catch you using inhalants."
b	Talk with them, tell them how you feel about inhalants, and warn them of the dangers.
c	Ignore the problem, What your kids don't know can't hurt them.
d	Tell your kids you want them to talk with their guidance counselor in school about inhalants.
e	Talk with the guidance counselor yourself and get his or her advice.

1(e); 2(d); 3(e); 4(d); 5(e); 6(e); 7(d); 8(a); 9(c); 10(b) or (e)

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