Huffing all the rage for teens in El Salvador

Some things just never go out of style. Take teen huffing for instance, which has spiked recently in El Salvador, according to a recent government report.

The police and attorney general told deputies of the Commission of the Family, Women and Children that currently there are more 14 to 17 year olds drugging themselves with shoe glue and other products.

In addition to glue they use hair sprays, nail removal solutions, deodorants, air fresheners, erasers, paint, solvents, gasoline and others that act as depressors of the nervous system according to scientific sources.

Apparently the problem has gotten so bad they are recommending passing legislation which prohibits sales of these products to minors. My take on huffing has aways been that it's what teens do when they can't find real drugs. I would love to do a larger study which pegs the popularity of huffing to prohibition and the lack of access to safer recreational drugs, but I doubt your gonna see anyone rushing to fund that one...