They're in your house and child's school. And the last time you went shopping, it's likely you bought one.

They are legal, but inhalants are also killers.

That's why Harvey Weiss, executive director for the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition, will be canvassing Hardin County on Thursday speaking to professional treatment and prevention providers, parents, school staffs and youth services professionals about the dangers of ingesting fumes and chemicals.

"It's like playing Russian roulette, because just one use can prove fatal," Weiss said. "We speak to 100 to 125 parents a year who tell us their children have died" from inhalant abuse.

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