: The toxins cause structural changes in the brain's white matter, specifically forming vacuoles (tiny holes) in the myelin sheath. Symptoms :
: The act of heating a powdered drug (like heroin or opium) on aluminum foil and inhaling the resulting thick white vapor through a tube or straw.
: In severe acute cases, the mortality rate can reach 99% . Educational Documentary
: Spasticity, muscle weakness, and eventual inability to speak or move (mutism and flaccid paralysis).
: The term comes from the way the rising smoke resembles the tail of a dragon, which the user "chases" with their inhalation device.
A rare but fatal complication specific to inhaling drug vapors is , sometimes called "Chasing the Dragon Syndrome".
