http://africaaction.typepad.com/justafrica/2009/07/african-street-children-inhalant-abuse-in-kenya-.html
"The glue bottles and the children holding them up to their faces are a common sight in big Kenyan cities. Walking in a high fog, these children hold on to their bottles with their teeth, keeping the poisonous fumes close at all times. The thick orange glue stains the rims of filthy bottles, cans, mouths and noses.
Glue is a drug of choice; cheap and easy to get, it quells hunger pangs and keeps the cold at bay. One child reported that it gave him the courage to eat garbage. The fumes are highly addictive and the effect almost instantaneous. On the other hand, the glue carries with it a high risk of brain damage, respiratory infections and other diseases that will almost certainly remain untreated on the streets. The children get hallucinations and delusions, lose their appetite, lose weight and can even die. Instances of paralysis have been reported in children who have used the glue either for a long period of time or in large quantities. This paralysis can be reversible if the children immediately stop sniffing; otherwise the paralysis will travel to the respiratory tract, causing death. In Kenya, children as young as five have been reported using glue. Street children scavenge, beg, steal and prostitute themselves for the ten cents it takes to buy a hit from the women who sell it from large barrels."
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