{{Short description|Type of industrial adhesive}} '''Aurolac''' is an industrial adhesive sold in Romania, designed for use in repairing terracotta stoves, which is commonly abused as an inhalant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.curier.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9729&Itemid=375|title=Curierul Zilei - Comerţul cu aurolac prosperã pe sãnãtatea oamenilor strãzii| trans-title=Trade with aurolac thrives on the health of the street people | last=Mihaela|website=www.curier.ro|language=Romanian|access-date=2018-11-07}}</ref> The law HG 767/2001 applies restrictions on where and how aurolac, which it uses as a generic term for a variety of substances containing ethers, ketones, acetates, as well as methanol and toluene, can be sold.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/30216|title=Hotărâre nr. 767 din 26 iulie 2001 privind regimul de comercializare a produselor în compozitia cărora intra substanţe cu efect ebrionarcotic, produse denumite generic "aurolac"|website=legislatie.just.ro|language=Romanian|trans-title=Decision no. 767 of 26 July 2001 concerning the marketing of products in the composition of which there are substances with an ebrionarcotic effect, products generically called "aurolac"|access-date=2018-11-08}}</ref>
In 2000, a child who had abused Aurolac was photographed while naked and crying in a tram station in Bucharest's Rahova district. The image was widely published and used to define social problems in Romania. <ref name="Delcea">{{cite web |last1=Delcea |first1=Cristian |title=Aurolacul-simbol al României. Epopeea |url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/aurolacul-simbol-al-romaniei-epopeea-1187777.html |website=adevarul.ro |access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref> The 2001 documentary ''Children Underground'' also details the effects of Aurolac abuse amongst Bucharest's homeless children.
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{{psychoactive-stub}} {{Romania-stub}} Category:Inhalants