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Inhalant Abuse More Common Among White Youth
March 20, 2006

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Research Summary

Kids from white, well-off families are more likely to abuse inhalants than poorer kids or those from other ethnic groups, CNN reported March 16.

A federal study concluded that 34 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds who had tried inhalants for the first time came from families whose income was 200-399 percent over the federal poverty level; 33 percent came from families with incomes 400 percent or more over the poverty level.

Popular inhalants included glue, shoe polish, toluene, gasoline, lighter fluid, nitrous oxide, and spray paint.

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