occasionally sold as air fresheners

偶爾作為空氣清新劑出售

or VHS cleaner.

或VHS清潔器。

And many of us gay men sniff them.

而我們許多男同性戀者都在聞他們。

A survey found that 69% of gay men in Toronto,

一項調查發現，在多倫多，69%的男同性戀者。

where I happen to live,

我碰巧住在那裡。

have used poppers at least once,

至少使用過一次爆裂物。

with a newer study finding that 1.5%

一項較新的研究發現，1.5%的

of American adolescents use poppers,

的美國青少年使用poppers。

irregardless of sexual orientation.

不考慮性取向。

Straight people are sniffing poppers too,

直人也在吸食罌粟。

the future is now.

未來就是現在。

So what exactly is happening

那麼到底發生了什麼

to your body when you sniff these chemicals

當你聞到這些化學品時，會對你的身體產生影響

and why are gay men huffing air freshener?

為什麼男同性戀者要吸食空氣清新劑？

- Gay rights!

- 同志權利!

- One to three seconds after you sniff poppers

- 在你聞到poppers後的一到三秒

and the physical effects have already set in,

而身體的影響已經開始了。

as the chemicals go right into your bloodstream.

因為這些化學物質會直接進入你的血液中。

Sniffing drugs causes chemicals

吸食毒品導致化學品

to pass through the nasal cavity,

以通過鼻腔。

right into the bloodstream,

直接進入血流。

where they go to your heart

在那裡，他們去了你的心臟

and your brain first.

和你的大腦第一。

This is why sniffing drugs can be so dangerous.

這就是為什麼吸食毒品會如此危險。

When you drink or eat drugs,

當你喝酒或吃藥時。

they get digested and absorbed

它們被消化和吸收

into your blood through the GI tract,

通過消化道進入你的血液。

where they then go to the liver

在那裡它們會進入肝臟

to be metabolized first.

要先進行代謝。

When you sniff something,

當你聞到什麼東西時。

it doesn't get to go

它不能去

to your liver to be metabolized,

到你的肝臟進行代謝。

it goes right to your heart and your brain,

它直接進入你的心臟和大腦。

which are v important organs.

這是五重要的器官。

Your brain has an integral blood brain barrier.

你的大腦有一個完整的血腦屏障。

This is a membrane that

這是一種膜，可以

only lets certain things in.

只允許某些東西進入。

Poppers can not pass through

Poppers不能通過

your blood-brain barrier,

你的血腦屏障。

which is a very good thing,

這是一個非常好的事情。

but they still have an effect on your brain.

但它們仍然對你的大腦有影響。

The chemical in poppers

罌粟花中的化學物質

is known as isobutyl nitrate,

被稱為硝酸異丁酯。

and for all you org chem heads,

而對於所有組織化學家來說。

the chemical looks like this.

該化學品看起來像這樣。

This chemical can affect your blood vessels.

這種化學物質會影響你的血管。

Normally, blood vessels maintain a state

正常情況下，血管保持一種狀態

halfway between contraction and dilation,

在收縮和擴張的中間。

but neuronal or chemical stimuli can change this.

但神經元或化學刺激可以改變這一點。

For example, vasopressin is a natural hormone

例如，血管加壓素是一種天然激素

that constricts blood vessels.

能使血管收縮。

Histamine can vasodilate.

組胺可以擴張血管。

Poppers, when sniffed,

Poppers，當聞到時。

use their chemical properties

利用其化學特性

to dilate blood vessels in your body.

來擴張你體內的血管。

Now, the concept of sniffing nitrites

現在，嗅出亞硝酸鹽的概念

was invented by this horny French guy in 1844.

是由這個好色的法國人在1844年發明的。

Not sure if he was horny,

不知道他是否有性慾。

but he did (snaps) kind of invent poppers.

但他確實（啪）發明了爆竹。

Gay rights.

同志權利。

He found out that amyl nitrites

他發現，亞硝酸戊酯

could treat angina.

可以治療心絞痛。

Now, angina is a constriction

現在，心絞痛是一種收縮

of blood vessels around the heart,

心臟周圍的血管。

which causes a lot of pain.

這導致了大量的痛苦。

So what he got people to do in the late 1800s

所以他在19世紀末讓人們做的是

was literally pop the casing of amyl nitrates,

是從字面上看，彈出了硝酸戊酯的外殼。

that's where the word "pop" comes from,

這就是 "流行 "這個詞的來源。

huff the amyl nitrites,

吸取亞硝酸戊酯。

which would call vasodilation around the heart,

這將叫心臟周圍的血管擴張。

and decrease the pain from the angina attack.

並減少心絞痛發作時的疼痛。

Yes, these olden day people were huffing poppers.

是的，這些舊時代的人在吸食罌粟。

I said it, now I'll say that again,

我說過了，現在我再說一遍。

say gay rights.

說同志權利。

But now back to modern day poppers,

但現在回到現代的Poppers。

which are isobutyl nitrite, not amyl nitrite.

其中是亞硝酸異丁酯，而不是亞硝酸戊酯。

10 to 20 seconds after sniffing

聞後10至20秒

and now the isobutyl nitrites

而現在是亞硝酸異丁酯

have traveled through the nasal cavity

已穿過鼻腔

to some cerebral vessels in the brain,

到大腦中的一些腦血管。

where they chemically cause vasodilation.

在那裡它們以化學方式引起血管擴張。

Vasodilation of the cerebral vessels

大腦血管的擴張

causes increased intracranial pressure

導致顱內壓升高

that produces a euphoric high,

產生欣快感。

leading to feelings of loosened inhibitions,

導致抑制力鬆動的感覺。

warmth, and calmness.

溫暖，和平靜。

10 to 30 seconds after a huff, huff,

10至30秒後，鬍鬚，鬍鬚。

and the isobutyl nitrites are now passing easily

和亞硝酸異丁酯現在很容易通過

into your smooth muscle cells.

進入你的平滑肌細胞。

Once in the smooth muscle cells,

一旦進入平滑肌細胞。

they activate enzymes that cause relaxation

它們能激活導致放鬆的酶

and vasoilation.

和血管擴張。

Since there are smooth muscle cells

由於有平滑肌細胞

in your throat, vagina, also known as vagine,

在你的喉嚨，陰道，也被稱為陰道。

and the anuse, also known as anus,

和肛門，也被稱為肛門。

the vasodilation of these specific

這些特定的血管舒張

smooth muscle cells is why poppers

平滑肌細胞是Poppers的原因

are used to aid in sex.

是用來幫助性生活的。

The vasodilation of the internal

血管擴張的內部

and external sphincters of the anus

和肛門外括約肌

are one of the reasons why gay men use poppers.

是男同性戀者使用poppers的原因之一。

Because famously,

因為著名的是。

us gay men like to have anal sex.

我們男同性戀者喜歡進行肛交。

Just one minute after sniffing the poppers

在聞到爆米花後的短短一分鐘內

and the euphoric feeling in your brain is gone

和大腦中的興奮感消失了

and you now have a body with low blood pressure.

而你現在有一個低血壓的身體。

Your heartbeat may start to increase

你的心跳可能開始加快

to make up for the low blood pressure.

以彌補低血壓的不足。

People say that they feel very flushed

人們說，他們感到非常臉紅

around their neck and face.

在他們的脖子和臉上。

They get headaches.

他們會感到頭疼。

It honestly doesn't sound that fun

老實說，這聽起來並不那麼有趣

and this is only one minute later.

而這僅僅是一分鐘後。

Two to three minutes after sniffing,

聞後兩到三分鐘。

and most of the biochemical effects are fully over.

和大部分的生化影響已經完全結束。

It all happens so fast.

這一切發生得太快了。

Some people now experience nausea,

現在有些人出現了噁心的症狀。

weakness, or even a yellow spot

虛弱，甚至出現黃斑

in front of their eyes,

在他們的眼前。

which are common symptoms

哪些是常見的症狀

of the low blood pressure strain

低血壓的症狀

your body is now under.

你的身體現在在。

I keep thinking about people

我一直在想人們

watching this on YouTube

在YouTube上看這個

and being like, "What the heck

並說，"這到底是怎麼回事？

is this guy talking about?

這傢伙在說什麼？

Is he speaking jibberish?

他在說胡言亂語嗎？

Is it dangerous?"

它有危險嗎？"

And sadly, there is not much research

而可悲的是，沒有多少研究

on the danger of this,

關於這一點的危險。

because like most of scientific history,

因為像大多數科學史一樣。

the queer community is getting ignored.

同志群體正被忽視。

Whether it's about our own sexual health,

無論是關於我們自己的性健康。

like in this case, or the history of HIV,

像本案中，或HIV的歷史。

where scientists just ignored it

在那裡，科學家們只是忽略了它

'cause it was only affecting gay men.

因為它隻影響男同性戀者。

Or just the fact that queer experiences

或者僅僅是同志經歷的事實

get left out of mostly all of social science.

被排除在所有社會科學的大部分之外。

In this long tradition,

在這個漫長的傳統中。

there are not very many studies

研究不多

about the longterm effects of poppers.

關於poppers的長期影響。

And we need more research on this

而且我們需要在這方面進行更多的研究

because it can be very dangerous,

因為這可能是非常危險的。

because people are actually using these drugs

因為人們確實在使用這些藥物

with increasing popularity.

越來越受歡迎。

And now there might be studies on it

而現在可能會有這方面的研究

because the straights are coming for it.

因為直系親屬要來找它。

Thank you straights.

謝謝你們這些直人。

Whenever you swoop in,

無論什麼時候，你都會撲過來。

the scientists seem to listen.

科學家們似乎在聽。

Ding.

鼎。

So, too high a concentration

是以，太高的濃度

of nitrites in the bloodstream

血液中的亞硝酸鹽

can cause a fatal condition

可導致致命的情況

where hemoglobin in red blood cells

紅細胞中的血紅蛋白在哪裡？

is unable to carry oxygen to the rest of the body,

無法將氧氣輸送到身體的其他部分。

including the brain, leading to brain failure.

包括大腦，導致大腦衰竭。

This is why it's very dangerous

這就是為什麼它非常危險

to combine vasodilators

聯合使用血管擴張劑

like Viagra and Cialis with poppers.

像偉哥和犀利士一樣，有啪啪啪。

And these are all drugs

而這些都是毒品

that people are using during sex,

人們在性生活中使用的。

so I think the likelihood

所以我認為可能性是

of them happening together is increased

他們一起發生的可能性會增加

and that freaks me out.

而這讓我感到害怕。

Drinking poppers is also extremely dangerous

飲用Poppers也是非常危險的

and when it touches your skin

而當它接觸到你的皮膚時

it can burn and cause a rash,

它可能會燃燒並導致皮疹。

which makes me just think

這讓我想到

from like a biochemical perspective,

從像生物化學的角度來看。

that sniffing the stuff can't be good.

嗅到這些東西不會是好事。

I personally would appreciate

我個人非常感謝

a lot more studies on this,

在這方面還有很多研究。

as we are now seeing surveys,

正如我們現在看到的調查。

including one done in Toronto,

包括在多倫多完成的一個項目。

that this is been becoming

這已經成為

a very culturally popular drug to do.

是一種在文化上非常流行的毒品。

On top of that,

在此基礎上。

these are sold mostly as air fresheners,

這些產品主要作為空氣清新劑出售。

VHS cleaner, like do people use VHS's anymore?

VHS清潔器，就像人們現在還在使用VHS嗎？

Like, come on.

就像，來吧。

And legalizing it is important,

而使其合法化是很重要的。

because unregulated poppers

因為不受管制的Poppers

can be extremely dangerous.

可能極其危險。

And it is a very contested issue in queer sex.

而且這在同志性行為中是一個非常有爭議的問題。

With all aspects of sex

隨著性的各個方面

it's very important that we speak openly

我們公開說話是非常重要的

and proudly about it.

並對此感到自豪。

And sex, life, you know, they're intertwined.

而性、生活，你知道，它們是交織在一起的。

They're very important. I don't know what this is,

他們是非常重要的。我不知道這是什麼。

but it's kinda a little bit sexy.

但它有點兒小性感。

(mumbling)

(喃喃自語)

Thank you so much for watching.

非常感謝您的觀看。

We will see you next week for a new video.

我們將在下週的新視頻中見到你。

Peace (click tongue).

和平（點擊舌頭）。