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Inhalant and Solvent Abuse Essay Inhaling substances for their “highs” has a long history. This practice, of inhaling substances can be traced back to the Greeks. In the city of Delphi, in the old Greek World a priestess would inhale carbon dioxide fumes from burning laurel leaves. This practice brought on a different state of mind as well as a euphoric experience. In ancient Egypt and Biblical Palestine, strong perfumes and ointments were widely used. These were mainly used for religion. More recently, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, nitrous oxide was introduced and was being used throughout North America, the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. Many reasons for drug abuse stemmed back to medical problems. Nitrous Oxide was first used in 1776 which caused people to have uncontrollable fits of laughter. It became known as the ‘laughing gas’. In 1799, when Nitrous Oxide was observed in the reduction of pain, it was recommended to be used in su