I grew up sniffing glue, plastic model airplane cement to be exact, only because I started building model planes, cars, and ships. Though it was a pleasant smell to me, I never inhaled it with the idea of getting a high, which wasn't a "thing" when I was doing this in the early fifties. Later, in a neighbor friend's basement workshop, I found I could make models out of wood from scratch, with no model kit, and no plastic glue, only wood glue.
Later, when youngsters started sniffing glue as an intoxicant, the idea made me sick, not out of moral indignation, but because the idea of exaggerating that smell as a high felt nauseating.
I don't even take NyQuil as a cold remedy. When I have a cold or fever, I get naturally fatigued and only want an anti-inflammatory and bedrest.
Many recreational highs are deadly. When you start cooking pharmaceuticals, there's no telling what chemical interactions or doses you may inhale or imbibe. Meth labs use cold medicine as an ingredient and meth labs are notoriously toxic to the meth makers and law enforcement as well, not to mention the intended customers.
Later, when youngsters started sniffing glue as an intoxicant, the idea made me sick, not out of moral indignation, but because the idea of exaggerating that smell as a high felt nauseating.
I don't even take NyQuil as a cold remedy. When I have a cold or fever, I get naturally fatigued and only want an anti-inflammatory and bedrest.
Many recreational highs are deadly. When you start cooking pharmaceuticals, there's no telling what chemical interactions or doses you may inhale or imbibe. Meth labs use cold medicine as an ingredient and meth labs are notoriously toxic to the meth makers and law enforcement as well, not to mention the intended customers.
