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Draft a response to the questions below, involving your assigned category (Inhalants like glue,spray paint, lighter fluid,shoe polish gasoline). Remember to use your textbook or another academic resource for your research.

1. Identify the drug classification that you were assigned. Describe the characteristics of this drug classification and explain what differentiates it from the other five drug classifications (stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, cannabis, inhalants and prescription drugs).
2. Select one drug in the assigned drug classification category. Provide a summary of the side effects of continued abuse of this drug. Identify one side effect that is similar to a medical illness and could be initially missed by a family member, co-worker or first responder. Provide a justification for your selection.
3. Assess the legal and illegal uses of drugs in the assigned classification category. Identify a potential medical use for a drug in the classification category. Provide an explanation for the medical use. Determine if the medical use would be legal or illegal.
4. Recommend two strategies for law enforcement professionals who encounter individuals under the influence of the drug that you described in question two.