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justify their positi<strong>on</strong>s more <strong>on</strong> principle than <strong>on</strong> empirical evidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

effectiveness.<br />

Such policies have been or could be enacted by several major social<br />

instituti<strong>on</strong>s:<br />

Private business;<br />

The Federal Government;<br />

State governments; and<br />

The educati<strong>on</strong>al system.<br />

TABLE 1. Alternative policy approaches to inhalant abuse.<br />

Change products:<br />

Voluntarily formulate products with no or minimal abuse potential:<br />

Ban abusable substances from use in legitimate products;<br />

Regulate (limit) the c<strong>on</strong>tent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> abusable substances in legitimate<br />

products;<br />

Add irritants to legitimate products c<strong>on</strong>taining abusable substances;<br />

Restrict access to abusable products:<br />

Criminalize the abuse, possessi<strong>on</strong>, and/or distributi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhalants;<br />

Restrict access to products c<strong>on</strong>taining abusable substances;<br />

Implement preventi<strong>on</strong> efforts targeted at inhalant abuse:<br />

Voluntarily place warning labels <strong>on</strong> abusable products;<br />

Place warning labels by regulati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> abusable products; and<br />

Implement preventi<strong>on</strong>/educati<strong>on</strong> programs specifically targeted at<br />

inhalants.<br />

Provide substance abuse treatment to inhalant abusers.<br />

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