Medical anesthetics
Several medical anesthetics are used as recreational drugs, including diethyl ether (a drug that is no longer used medically, due to its high flammability and the development of safer alternatives) and nitrous oxide, which is widely used in the 2010s by dentists as an anti-anxiety drug during dental procedures. Diethyl ether has a long history of use as a recreational drug. The effects of ether intoxication are similar to those of alcohol intoxication, but more potent. Also, due to NMDA antagonism, the user may experience all the psychedelic effects present in classical dissociatives such as ketamine in forms of thought loops and the feeling of the mind being disconnected from ones body. Nitrous oxide is a dental anesthetic that is used as a recreational drug, either by users who have access to medical-grade gas canisters (e.g., dental hygienists or dentists) or by using the gas contained in whipped cream aerosol containers. Nitrous oxide inhalation can cause pain relief, depersonalisation, derealisation, dizziness, euphoria, and some sound distortion. Classification by effect
It is also possible to classify inhalants by the effect they have on the body. Some solvents act as depressants, causing users to feel relaxed or drowsy while others act as stimulants. Many inhalants act primarily as asphyxiant gases, with their primary effect due to oxygen deprivation. Nitrous oxide can be categorized as a dissociative drug, as it can cause visual and auditory hallucinations. Other agents may have more direct effects at receptors, as inhalants exhibit a variety of mechanisms of action.
In the 1960s, Resinol came in an opaque, white glass jar with a metal lid. It was made by the Resinol Chemical Company of Baltimore, Maryland 21201, and the label listed the following ingredients:
Resorcinol;
Oil of Cade (Cade is a species of prickly juniper native to the regions surrounding the Mediterranean; the oil gave the unguent a medicinal odor);
Prepared Calamine;
Zinc Oxide;
Bismuth Subnitrate (now used mostly in veterinary medicine);
Boric Acid (antibacterial);
Lanolin;
Petrolatum

References
External links
ResiCal Inc.
Official Resinol Website