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====Europe and North America==== In the UK, marginalized youth use a number of inhalants, such as solvents and propellants. In Russia and Eastern Europe, gasoline sniffing became common on Russian ships following attempts to limit the supply of [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] to ship crews in the 1980s. The documentary ''[[Children Underground]]'' depicts the huffing of a solvent called [[Aurolac]] (a product used in chroming) by Romanian homeless children. During the [[interwar period]], the inhalation of [[diethyl ether|ether]] ([[etheromania]]) was widespread in some regions of Poland, especially in [[Upper Silesia]]. Tens of thousands of people were affected by this problem.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abucewicz |first1=Monika |title=Narkomania w Polsce jako problem społeczny w perspektywie konstrukcjonistycznej Część pierwsza: okres międzywojenny |trans-title=Drug addiction in Poland as a social constructionist perspective in Part One: the period between |language=pl |journal=Alkoholizm I Narkomania |issue=3 |volume=18 |pages=79–107 |year=2005 |url=http://www.ipin.edu.pl/ain/archiwum/2005/3/t18n3_5.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011134718/http://www.ipin.edu.pl/ain/archiwum/2005/3/t18n3_5.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2010 }}</ref> In Canada, Native children in the isolated Northern Labrador community of [[Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador|Davis Inlet]] were the focus of national concern in 1993, when many were found to be sniffing gasoline. The Canadian and provincial [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] governments intervened on a number of occasions, sending many children away for treatment. Despite being moved to the new community of [[Natuashish, Newfoundland and Labrador|Natuashish]] in 2002, serious inhalant use problems have continued. Similar problems were reported in [[Sheshatshiu, Newfoundland and Labrador|Sheshatshiu]] in 2000 and also in [[Pikangikum First Nation]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/DeathInvestigations/office_coroner/PublicationsandReports/Pikangikum/PIK_report.html|last= Lauwers|first= Bert|title= The Office of the Chief Coroner's Death Review of the Youth Suicides at the Pikangikum First Nation, 2006 – 2008|publisher= Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario|date= 1 June 2011|access-date= 2 October 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120930122313/http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca//english/DeathInvestigations/office_coroner/PublicationsandReports/Pikangikum/PIK_report.html|archive-date= 30 September 2012|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In 2012, the issue once again made the news media in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-innu-kids-sniffing-gas-again-to-fight-boredom-1.1272679|title=Labrador Innu kids sniffing gas again to fight boredom|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> In Mexico, the inhaling of a mixture of gasoline and industrial solvents, known locally as "Activo" or "Chemo", has risen in popularity among the homeless and among the street children of [[Mexico City]] in the 21st century. The mixture is poured onto a handkerchief and inhaled while held in one's fist. In the US, [[Diethyl ether|ether]] was used as a recreational drug during the 1930s [[Prohibition era]], when alcohol was made illegal. Ether was either sniffed or drunk and, in some towns, replaced alcohol entirely. However, the risk of death from excessive sedation or overdose is greater than that with alcohol, and ether drinking is associated with damage to the stomach and gastrointestinal tract.<ref>{{cite book | last = Brecher | first = Edward M. | title = The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs | url = https://archive.org/details/licitillicitdrug00brec | url-access = registration |publisher=Little, Brown, and Company | year= 1972 | isbn = 0-316-15340-0}}</ref> Use of glue, paint and gasoline became more common after the 1950s. Model airplane glue-sniffing as problematic behavior among youth was first reported in 1959 and increased in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnIOrgEACAAJ&q=google+books+model+airplanes+are+decadent|title=Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved: The Glue-sniffing Epidemic of the 1960s|first=Thomas|last=Aiello|date=1 July 2015|publisher=Northern Illinois University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780875807249}}</ref> Use of aerosol sprays became more common in the 1980s, as older propellants such as [[Chlorofluorocarbon|CFCs]] were phased out and replaced by more environmentally friendly compounds such as [[propane]] and [[butane]]. Most inhalant solvents and gases are not regulated under drug laws such as the United States [[Controlled Substances Act]]. However, many US states and Canadian cities have placed restrictions on the sale of some solvent-containing products to minors, particularly for products widely associated with sniffing, such as [[model cement]]. The practice of [[Inhalation|inhaling]] such substances is sometimes colloquially referred to as huffing, sniffing (or glue sniffing), dusting, or chroming.
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