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DRUG FACT SHEET

Inhalants

February 19, 2025
Inhalant
Inhalants are invisible, volatile substances found in common household products that produce chemical vapors that are inhaled to induce psychoactive or mind-altering effects.
February 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

China Announces Scheduling Controls Of Carfentanil And Other Fentanyl Compounds

February 17, 2017
… forms, including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray. Overdoses in the U.S. due to these drugs have …
February 17, 2017
STORY

“Trash Can” Drug Threat in Mid-Atlantic

August 13, 2021
… them with cutting agents, such as bath salts or baby powder sprayed with other chemicals. Other times, the vials contain …
August 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

September 29, 2016
… forms, including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray. Overdoses in the U.S. due to these drugs have …
September 29, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

New York Man Admits Distribution Conspiracy Involving More Than 10 Kilograms Of Synthetic Designer Drugs

November 09, 2016
… when damiana leaves - an inert, plant-like substance - are sprayed with controlled substance analogues and treated with …
November 09, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Attempted Production Of Methamphetamine In Hinesburg Leads To Federal Arrest And Charge

October 31, 2012
… his father. A Hinesburg officer responded and found Berino spraying water on his face, which appeared to have been …
October 31, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Providence Man Sentenced, Faces Deportation for Possessing Nearly 2 Kilos of Cocaine

August 17, 2022
… package whose contents had been wrapped in duct tape, spray foamed, and wrapped again with birthday gift wrap. …
August 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Providence Man Admits to Possessing Nearly 2 Kilos of Cocaine

May 13, 2022
… package whose contents had been wrapped in duct tape, spray foamed, and wrapped again with birthday gift wrap. …
May 13, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 02, 2017
… people is reckless. No one has any idea what exactly was sprayed onto the “K-2” substance, yet these synthetic drugs …
November 02, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Austinites Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Role In Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Scheme

December 04, 2015
… products consist of organic plant matter that is sprayed with a mixture of acetone and synthetic cannabinoid …
December 04, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Store Owners Plead Guilty To Selling Synthetic Cannabinoids

May 19, 2015
… are a mixture of a leafy substance that has been sprayed with chemical compounds similar to THC, the …
May 19, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Makes Undercover Purchases Of Synthetic Drugs

June 02, 2015
… to mimic the effects of marijuana and are typically sprayed on plant material and then smoked or ingested. …
June 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Pittsburgh Cocaine Ringleader Sentenced To 30 Years

May 02, 2011
… told him that they used an AK-47 and a 9mm pistol to spray a makeshift Gregory Street music studio with at least …
May 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

August 01, 2011
… marijuana grow site on unimproved private land in Ahwahnee, spraying fertilizer on marijuana plants. Pacheco Panuco said …
August 01, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Charged With Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Fentanyl

November 04, 2021
… to rapidly enter a patient’s bloodstream upon being sprayed under the tongue. The U.S. Food and Drug …
November 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl drug

June 25, 2019
… to rapidly enter a patient’s bloodstream upon being sprayed under the tongue. Subsys, which is sold by Insys …
June 25, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two charged in connection with drug lab explosion

September 06, 2018
… into a glass, plastic, or metal tube. Butane is then sprayed into the top of the tube. The butane strips the …
September 06, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Sentenced to 38 months for Unlawful Drug Distribution and Identity Theft

May 14, 2021
… admitted that he improperly prescribed ketamine intranasal spray to an individual who had no legitimate medical need …
May 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Texas Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Spice to Alaska

April 18, 2024
… are formed by dissolving psychotropic drugs in acetone and spraying them on dried plant material. According to court …
April 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Based Leader Of International Drug Smuggling Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

October 19, 2012
… Stuart discussing the purchase of guns, bats and chemical sprays for Canadian members of the criminal ring who were …
October 19, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Whatcom County Resident Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Smuggle Massive Cocaine Shipment To Canada

November 09, 2012
… discussing the purchase of guns, bats and chemical sprays for Canadian members of the criminal ring who were …
November 09, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Nixa Physician Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement Related to Healthcare and Conspiracy

December 08, 2021
… Halley admitted that he prescribed Subsys, a fentanyl spray manufactured by Insys Therapeutics, to a patient. …
December 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Justice Department files lawsuit against Creve Coeur pharmacist for Controlled Substances Act violations

February 24, 2021
… filling prescriptions for Subsys, an oral fentanyl spray, which is subject to heightened FDA restrictions and …
February 24, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Summit Brings Together Families Suffering Tragic Losses from Fentanyl

October 19, 2023
… and the effectiveness of the opioid overdose reversal spray, Naloxone. Six mothers, whose children ranged in age …
October 19, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Heroin Trafficking Conviction

November 05, 2013
… Officer arrived to assist and noticed fresh tool marks and spray paint on the underside of the vehicle and its back …
November 05, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Permian Basin Law Enforcement And Medical Community Getting The Word Out On The Dangers Associated With Designer Drugs

June 04, 2014
… cannabinoid products consist of plant matter that is sprayed with a mixture of acetone and synthetic cannabinoid …
June 04, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For Attempting To Weaponize Deadly Toxins And Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

January 30, 2015
… also obtained conventional weapons, such as crossbows, spraying devices, and other items to deliver the toxins. He …
January 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Second Largest Border Meth Bust in History on Southern Border

October 11, 2020
… that primarily contained clear plastic pipette tips, spray bottles of surface decontaminate and calibrated …
October 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Lockport man convicted by a federal jury of narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel going to prison for 25 years

December 04, 2020
… narcotics were secreted in containers sealed with foam or spray insulation to avoid detection by law enforcement. …
December 04, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Spice Distribution Kingpin John Bowen Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison

August 24, 2015
… by defendant Daniel Bernier.  In Florida the chemical was sprayed on a green vegetable substance.   The …
August 24, 2015

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