Are Inhalants Legal?
Although inhalants are not regulated under the Controlled Substances Act, over a dozen states in the US have placed restrictions on the sale and distribution to minors of certain products that are commonly abused as inhalants. Some states have introduced fines, incarceration or mandatory treatment for the sale, distribution, use and/or possession of inhalant chemicals.
Laws also exist in some US states prohibiting the recreational inhalation of nitrous oxide (laughing gas).
Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory have passed laws making it an offense to sell products to anyone the seller believes will use them for the purpose of inhaling. Police are allowed to search a person who is reasonably believed to be in possession of an inhalant and confiscate it.
In England and Wales, it is illegal for retailers to sell volatile substances to anyone if there is reason to believe they will use it for inhalation and intoxication purposes.
How much do you really know about inhalants?
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