PCP Abuse
Phencyclidine, or PCP, is a lab-developed drug originally intended for use as a surgical anesthetic. The drug is mainly found in the form of a white crystalline powder that dissolves in both alcohol and water. The drug is characterized by a bitter chemical taste and is manufactured illegally in unregulated laboratories. Its use in medicine was halted back in the 1950s as a result of the severe side-effects that it caused. It can be acquired in capsule or tablet form or as a colored crystalline powder.
The drug can be taken in various way, either by smoking, snorting, injection or even by dissolving it in a solvent which is then applied to tobacco, oregano, marijuana and other varieties of leafy plants which can be smoked. It is also quite possible that some users of marijuana and methamphetamine be addicted unwittingly to PCP since it is often mixed with these drugs.




