Inhalant Abuse and the Media and Corporations

WE are very grateful to CBS Evening News and AM News for airing inhalant abuse information On June 1 and June 2.
The information aired contained and overview of inhalant abuse and potential unintentional consequences.
Many thanks goes to CBS NEWS, producer Amy Birnbaum and reporter Mika Brzezinski for their outstanding work.

But there have been several inappropriate inhalant depictions in movies and advertisements. It has been with gratitude that some corporations have responded to their depictions of inhalant abuse and have addressed the problem and have tried to raise inhalant abuse awareness.
Hallmark immediately pulled a greeting card with a helium puffing party animal, a giraffe. When the movie
“Scooby Doo 2” came out it included a scene where shaggy was huffing nitrous from a can of whipped cream. After concerns were raised the scene was removed from the DVD and Video releases. Even TOYS R’ US ran a series of
commercials with their mascot Geoffrey seemingly affected by helium. After they were contacted the ads disappeared from the airwaves.

Urban Outfitters was selling a shirt with (The Stuff You Huff) emblazoned on it and with the images of several abused products. The company decided to redesign the shirt with anti-huffing message on it.

There was one movie company that did not respond to concerns about inhalant abuse The movie was “Thirteen”.
The movie company was contacted and asked to distribute anti-inhalant information but did not respond.
So much of the depiction of sniffing and huffing of inhalants in commercials and movies is not because they promote the use of inhalants, it happens mainly because of a lack of understanding and appreciation of the potential danges of inhalant use. When an inappropriate inhalant message rears its ugly head the best approach is a well reasoned response explaining the concerns and with suggestions on what could be done to remedy the situation.
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