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According to data just released by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), more 12-year-olds have tried "huffing" dangerous inhalants than have used marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogens combined.

According to SAMHSA data from the 2006-2008 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 6.9 percent of 12 year olds have tried inhalants at least once. By comparison, 5.1 percent of 12-year-olds have used marijuana at least once, 0.7 percent have used hallucinogens at least once, and 0.1 percent have tried cocaine at least once.

Huffing involves the intentional inhalation of chemicals in gas or vapor form with the purpose of getting high. Users can experience stimulation, reduction of inhibition, and loss of consciousness. Huffing can also result in "sudden sniffing death syndrome" which is sudden death due to cardiac arrest.

Huffers can experience sudden death the first, 10th, or 100th time they inhale chemicals. Negative effects of huffing include damage to the heart, kidney, brain, liver, bone marrow, and other internal organs.

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This week, two preteens were arrested at an Indianapolis elementary school. The 10-year-old and 11-year-old were arrested for dealing drugs to fellow students at their school. Local law enforcement authorities called the arrests unusual, despite the fact that the average age of drug dealers in the area has been getting younger and younger. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant Matthew Mount commented: "Those that are involved in selling drugs want to get kids involved in drug use as soon as they can. ... Hopefully you can get to kids at an early enough age that you can have a positive influence on them."

(Source: www.wibc.com)

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