SISTER BAY - If you think "huffing" is just something the Three Little Pigs had to watch out for, don't be fooled.

On June 29, 2001, my son Aaron Wake died from huffing butane. Huffing, bagging and sniffing are terms for inhalant use, a cheap and easy way for our children and young adults to get high.

Parents and adults are out of the loop when it comes to inhalants. Children discuss it and practice it; adults stay in the dark. Most parents try to talk with their kids about alcohol, marijuana and date rape, but not about inhalants abuse.

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