Toxic

I remember when I was in middle and highschool, we were not allowed to have highlighter, sharpie markers, and even liquid white out. I found it kind of weird, so I asked the reasoning behind the ban and was told it was because kids/students would sniff them.
“We took the lid off one of the pens and gave it a sniff, because we like the way Sharpies smell.” (http://boingboing.net/2008/04/14/8yearold-boy-suspend.html) of course people like the smell of sharpies, because it gives them a quick high. “inhaling toxic vapors is commonly referred to as 'Huffing' and it is against the law” and with sniffing sharpies and other objects like that it really is like sniffing toxic vapors because of what they are made of. Take this for example some one spraying a can of paint in a bag and then inhaling the spray/toxins in. It is another way to do narcotics. Some people do the illegal marijuana but why do that when you can buy legal items and use them as drugs. That is terrible, and surprising thing is that it is only illegal in some states to do such things as huffing markers and such. The even worse thing about this topic is that majority of people who do this are young children of the elementary years because they are more prone to use these objects. So sad to see simple utensils used at school projects to also be weapons of self damage that students do.