A novel possible strategy for the management of petrol sniffing addiction in adolescents.

Since the 1950s there have been many reports on petrol addiction, mostly describing the practice of petrol sniffing and its acute and chronic physical and psychological effects. To the authors' knowledge, none have described the use of opiates to manage and control this addiction. We report the case of an 18-year-old boy who self-managed his petrol addiction.