<quote> tox: moderate oral toxicity, <b>low inhalation toxicity</b>, oral LD50 (rat) 1700 mg/kg, oral LD50 (human) 420 mg/kg </quote>
quoted from:
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/faqs/faq_otc_solvents.shtml
ether 'extracted' from starter fluid is just starter fluid sprayed into a bottle. this is the same as the ether used for medical anesthesia. however, it also contains heptane and hexane. possibly other solvents as well. since heptane and hexane are both nonpolar, i doubt they could easily be extracted.
i believe huffing them is also more dangerous then huffing ether too, since they are petroleum based, therefore, vaguely related to gasoline.
i have huffed ether from starter fluid though. the experience is almost the same, although i feel completely dumb afterwards. if you are going to do it, i wouldn't recomend doing it often.
as for people who say ether kills your braincells, WHERE IS THE PROOF!?!?!
quote a site, pull something out of a medical study, or a dictionary, i don't care. but i'm sick and tired of people trashing ether, without even knowing what the hell they are talking about.
[ 20 October 2002: Message edited by: lattrommi ]