I-Butane yaziwa ngobuthi bayo kanye nemithelela eyingozi empilweni yabantu.
Ekugxilweni okuphezulu, I-butane ingabangela ukufiphala kanye nemiphumela ye-narcotic. Ukuchayeka ngokuvamile kubonakala njengesiyezi, ikhanda, kanye nokozela, namandla okukhuphukela ku-coma ezimeni ezimbi kakhulu.