What is PCP
Phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, is a potent hallucinogenic drug. It comes in liquid, crystal, pill or powder form. It can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
PCP was first made in the 1950s as an animal anaesthetic. It made its presence on the drugs scene in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
PCP is still in use in the States although it is rare in the UK.
Phencyclidine can be classified both as an hallucinogen and as an anesthetic. For legal purposes, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) considers PCP an hallucinogen, meaning it can make people see, hear, feel, and otherwise sense things that are not real. Scientists classify it as a dissociative anesthetic. Dissociative refers to a feeling of being disconnected from one's body. An anesthetic is a substance that causes a loss of sensation in the body.
Depending on the dosage, PCP also acts as a depressant or as a stimulant, slowing down or speeding up normal body functions. PCP can do all of these things, and in addition, it can have many other weird, unpredictable, and dangerous side effects.
PCP is a synthetic substance, meaning that it is made in a laboratory. The ingredients used in its manufacture are completely artificial and not found in nature. The only way to create it is to use industrial chemicals. Many authorities on drug use consider PCP among the most dangerous substances of abuse. What is sold on the street as pure PCP is usually quite impure.
Typically, PCP is mixed with other substances, which can have their own harmful effects and can add to the drug's risks. Furthermore, because many people know how harmful and unpleasant the effects of PCP can be, drug dealers will often come up with a new name for their product in order to convince potential buyers to try it. Thus, someone who is actually trying to buy PCP may end up with something else, while someone trying to buy another drug may really be given PCP.
Official Drug Name: Phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride, phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine, Sernylan, Sernyl.
Also Known As: Angel dust, boat, dust, elephant, hog, ozone, PCE, PCP, rocket fuel, sherm, shermans, tic tac, wack; (when combined with marijuana) killer joints, killer weed, lovelies, supergrass, superweed, wets.
Drug Classifications: Schedule II, hallucinogen.
What Is It Made Of?
PCP has no links to anything that is found in nature. The only way to make it is to combine dangerous industrial chemicals. One ingredient is cyanide, a deadly poison. Other ingredients are chemicals that may otherwise be used to make plastics, paint remover, motor fuels, and other products. In fact, one of the clues that frequently lead to the discovery of an illegal PCP laboratory is the strong odor of chemicals. Labs are also found due to explosions or fires caused by careless handling of these chemicals by the illegal drug manufacturers. When found in large amounts, PCP gives off a powerful odor like that of ammonia
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"Phencyclidine was heavily abused at one time but between the late 1980s and 1990s PCP abuse started to decrease. Today the abuse of PCP has come back and the abuse is increasing"
Matthew Szota PhD
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