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Rotter Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Petrol sniffing
I just heard on BBC news a problem of petrol sniffing in Australia. Sniffing is like smelling.
What is petrol sniffing? I have never ever heard this.
What is petrol sniffing? I have never ever heard this.
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Hi, It's sniffing petrol fumes in order to get 'high' (which means to get a kind of drug effect in your brain). One of the side effects, I believe, is you do permanent damage to your brain. It's a pretty desperate thing to do.
- Hi, It's sniffing petrol fumes in order to get 'high' (which means to get a kind of drug effect in your brain).
- One of the side effects, I believe, is you do permanent damage to your brain.
- It's a pretty desperate thing to do.
- Other substances are commonly sniffed, too, such as glue.
- I think you put petrol on a rag, put it in a plastic bag, and stick your face in.
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Hi,
It's sniffing petrol fumes in order to get 'high' (which means to get a kind of drug effect in your brain). One of the side effects, I believe, is you do permanent damage to your brain. It's a pretty desperate thing to do.
Other substances are commonly sniffed, too, such as glue.
I think you put petrol on a rag, put it in a plastic bag, and stick your face in.
It's sniffing petrol fumes in order to get 'high' (which means to get a kind of drug effect in your brain). One of the side effects, I believe, is you do permanent damage to your brain. It's a pretty desperate thing to do.
Other substances are commonly sniffed, too, such as glue.
I think you put petrol on a rag, put it in a plastic bag, and stick your face in.
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I think it's also sometimes called "huffing." It's the sort of thing that some people might do over and over, and others are killed or permanently brain-damaged on their first try.
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This was for the first time I heard the existence of such abuse. Everybody knows drug abuse, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking etc.
Inhaling petrol may be confine to Australia. Does it exist in the USA?
Inhaling petrol may be confine to Australia. Does it exist in the USA?
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well in my school there were girls like the smelling of petrol but not to addicting level.
and some of them like the smelling of glue!!
but i never heared about who kill him self with petrol!
is't kind of disease?
and some of them like the smelling of glue!!
but i never heared about who kill him self with petrol!
is't kind of disease?
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I think I just read about sniffing petrol in a novel (thriller), or was it sniffing spray-paint? The result must be the same...
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Oh yes, solvent abuse...not uncommon. Very stupid.
In the UK you have to have proof of age (over 18) to buy anything with solvents now, like glue or even Tippex!
In the UK you have to have proof of age (over 18) to buy anything with solvents now, like glue or even Tippex!
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That's the whitish thing you spread on the paper when you've made a mistake; you can write again on it. It's also Tippex in Belgium, but "Blanco" in France.
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i think its 16 to buy solvents in the UK, I've never had any problems getting any and I'm 17 atm. Sniffing petrol is not fun, i accidentally inhaled the vapours not long ago when sucking through a tube to get the fuel moving when trying to drain the fuel tank on my microlight (very light aircraft).
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That's the whitish thing you spread on the paper when you've made a mistake; you can write again on it. It's also Tippex in Belgium, but "Blanco" in France.
Oh, thanks. That's called "white-out" here, or "correction fluid." I do remember hearing that middle school kids (about 12-15 years old) were sniffing it, although my own kids were never aware of it amo
Oh, thanks. That's called "white-out" here, or "correction fluid." I do remember hearing that middle school kids (about 12-15 years old) were sniffing it, although my own kids were never aware of it amo
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