PCP

PCP

Names

Official Name:

• Phencyclindine
• Phencyclidine Hydrochloride
• Phenyl cyclohexyl Piperidine

STREET NAMES

KILLER WEED

OZONE

ELEPHANT

BOAT

HOG

ROCKET FUEL

LOVELIES

TIC-TAC

SHERM

CLASSIFICATION

HALLUCINOGEN

AND

ANESTHETIC

WHERE IS IT MADE?

ceNTERED MAINLY IN LOS ANGELES, CA

Short TERm EFFECTs

• Mild to intense euphoria
• Relaxation and drowsiness
• Feeling of dislocation with environment
• Distorted sense with body and time and space
• Visual and auditory hallucinations
• Difficulty concentrating and thinking
• Paranoia
• Anxiety
• Intense feeling of alienation
• Depression
• Hostile behavior

Sources

• http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/scic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SCIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=rosw82806&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=SCIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCV2646400045
• http://www.addictionhope.com/pcp
• Drugs And Alcohol book

Legal consequences

PCP is a schedule 2 drug and can cause abuse it is only legal in certain special medical reasons.

Treatments for addiction

People must learn to live without being dependent on PCP or they can go to a drug rehab center.

5 Facts and statistics about pcp

• 122000 Americans age 12 and over in 2009 had used PCP in the previous year.
• In 2007 1.1 million people ages 12 and up had used some sort of hallucinogen.
• Two signs of addiction are depression and anexity.
• It can become psychologically and physically addictive.

Long Term Effects

• Changes attitude and personality and motivation
• Feeling of improvement but objective loss of functioning
• Can have missionary quality and want give everyone the drug
• Difficulty tolerating feelings of love

ANGEL DUST

Addiction

Repeated use can cause craving and compulsive behavior to get PCP.

It can be administered by:

• Smoking
• Snorting
• Injecting
• Swallowing