There are so many, everyday household inhalant items that teens can use to get high, including aerosol spray paint, Freon, household cleaners, whipped cream cans (whippets), and mothballs, which can induce feelings and sensations that are similar to being drunk. Inhalants and whippets can be addictive, and even fatal. Just one hit can cause brain damage or an overdose. The chemicals in these items can also cause heart or lung failure and kill someone. Abusing whippets can also deteriorate the spinal cord and cause a painful and dangerous vitamin B deficiency.

The same nutmeg spice that’s put in a pie can also induce euphoria if ingested in large enough quantities. Nutmeg can make a person dizzy, or nauseous, and can give someone heart palpitations. In people with underlying heart problems, too much nutmeg can be fatal.

Bath salts are also called synthetic cathinone and is sold in a powder or crystal form in small packets. These drugs are technically illegal, but it’s challenging for authorities to shut down the manufacture and sale of bath salts. Teens will snort, swallow, or even inject bath salts to get high. These substances can cause an increase in violent tendencies, a loss of reality, and make the person who’s taken the bath salts feel drunk. Taken in large doses, bath salts give off effects similar to PCP or meth. Users may find themselves excessively scratching and picking at their skin, which can lead to painful lesions and infections.

Although bath salts can sometimes be bought “legally” in a store, they are addictive and can give someone strong, intense withdrawal symptoms. Bath salts send thousands of people to the ER every year. Users can experience hallucinations and heart problems from a bath salt high, and can even die from taking too many bath salts.

Taking high doses of motion sickness pills can cause users to hallucinate, lose touch with reality, wet themselves, and become violent. The tablets won’t kill someone, but people who get high on motion sickness pills can hurt themselves or get into fights or problems with the police.

Spice, also known as K2, is synthetic marijuana. The product contains natural, shredded herbs and is sprayed with a compound that induces a high. Unlike the natural pot plant, a high from spice or K2 isn’t mellow or relaxing. Instead, users find themselves agitated, nauseous, and they can also experience hallucinations. Spice is incredibly toxic to the brain, and users can become violent and hurt themselves or otherwise. It’s possible to overdose on spice and die. The drug can induce a heart attack in an otherwise healthy person.

People have died from drinking hand sanitizer. Drinking hand sanitizer can give someone alcohol poisoning, induce a coma, or give them seizures. Teens typically do not know how much alcohol is in hand sanitizer, and they can easily overdose. Most hand sanitizer products have somewhere between 60% to 95% alcohol in them. Vodka has around 40% alcohol, and the average beer has only 5% alcohol.