Editing Inhalant (section)

====Legality====

[[File:Contact-cement 000000.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Contact cement, a fast-drying glue, is widely used as an inhalant, as it typically contains solvents such as [[toluene]] which vaporize at room temperature.]]
Even though solvent glue is normally a legal product, there is a 1983 case where a court ruled that supplying glue to children is illegal. ''[[Khaliq v HM Advocate]]'' was a Scottish criminal case decided by the [[High Court of Justiciary]] on appeal, in which it was decided that it was an offense at [[common law]] to supply glue-sniffing materials that were otherwise legal in the knowledge that they would be used recreationally by children. Two shopkeepers in [[Glasgow]] were arrested and charged for supplying children with "glue-sniffing kits" consisting of a quantity of petroleum-based glue in a plastic bag. They argued there was nothing illegal about the items that they had supplied. On appeal, the High Court took the view that, even though glue and plastic bags might be perfectly legal, everyday items, the two shopkeepers knew perfectly well that the children were going to use the articles as inhalants and the charge on the indictment should stand.<ref>SCCR p 492{{full citation needed|date=January 2020}}</ref> When the case came to trial at Glasgow High Court the two were sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

As of 2023, in England, Scotland, and Wales it is illegal to sell inhalants, including solvent glues, to persons of any age likely to use them as an intoxicant.<ref name="talktofrank.com"/> As of 2017, thirty-seven US states impose criminal penalties on some combination of sale, possession or recreational use of various inhalants. In 15 of these states, such laws apply only to persons under the age of 18.<ref name="nationaltasc.org"/>