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PCP was originally developed as an anesthetic but was discontinued for human use due to side effects. It is now an illegal street drug known by many names. PCP is a dissociative drug that distorts perceptions and causes feelings of detachment. Short-term effects include increased heart rate and blood pressure while long-term use can cause memory loss and mood disorders. Use among teens has declined in recent years according to surveys but lifetime use among younger teens increased slightly.
PCP was originally developed as an anesthetic but was discontinued for human use due to side effects. It is now an illegal street drug known by many names. PCP is a dissociative drug that distorts perceptions and causes feelings of detachment. Short-term effects include increased heart rate and blood pressure while long-term use can cause memory loss and mood disorders. Use among teens has declined in recent years according to surveys but lifetime use among younger teens increased slightly.
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PCP was originally developed as an anesthetic but was discontinued for human use due to side effects. It is now an illegal street drug known by many names. PCP is a dissociative drug that distorts perceptions and causes feelings of detachment. Short-term effects include increased heart rate and blood pressure while long-term use can cause memory loss and mood disorders. Use among teens has declined in recent years according to surveys but lifetime use among younger teens increased slightly.
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PCP (phencyclidine) was developed in For smoking, PCP is often applied to a
the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic. leafy material such as mint, parsley, Its use in humans was discontinued in oregano, or marijuana. 1965, because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while Health Hazards ——— recovering from its anesthetic effects. PCP is illegally manufactured in labora- PCP is addictive—its repeated abuse tories and is sold on the street by such can lead to craving and compulsive PCP- names as angel dust, ozone, wack, and seeking behavior. First introduced as a rocket fuel. Killer joints and crystal super- street drug in the 1960s, PCP quickly grass are names that refer to PCP com- gained a reputation as a drug that could bined with marijuana. The variety of cause bad reactions and was not worth street names for PCP reflects its bizarre the risk. After abusing PCP once, many and volatile effects. people will not knowingly abuse it PCP is a “dissociative drug,” meaning again. Others attribute their continued that it distorts perceptions of sight and abuse to feelings of strength, power, sound and produces feelings of detach- invulnerability, and a numbing effect on ment (dissociation) from the environment the mind. and self. Dissociative drugs act by alter- Many PCP abusers are brought to emer- ing distribution of the neurotransmitter gency rooms because of PCP overdose glutamate throughout the brain. Glutamate or because of the drug’s unpleasant is involved in a person’s perception of psychological effects. In a hospital or pain, responses to the environment, and detention setting, these people often memory. become violent or suicidal and are very PCP is a white crystalline powder that is dangerous to themselves and others. readily soluble in water or alcohol. It They should be kept in a calm setting has a distinctive bitter chemical taste. and not be left alone. PCP can be mixed easily with dyes and At low to moderate doses, physiological turns up on the illicit drug market in a effects of PCP include a slight increase variety of tablets, capsules, and colored in breathing rate and a pronounced powders. It is normally abused in one of rise in blood pressure and pulse rate. three ways: snorted, smoked, or ingested. Breathing becomes shallow, and flushing
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and profuse sweating occur. Generalized Extent of Use ——— numbness of the extremities and loss of muscular coordination also may occur. Monitoring the Future (MTF) At high doses of PCP, blood pressure, Survey* pulse rate, and respiration drop. This MTF data show that in 2005, 2.4 per- may be accompanied by nausea, vomit- cent of high school seniors reported life- ing, blurred vision, flicking up and down time** use of PCP; annual use was of the eyes, drooling, loss of balance, reported by 1.3 percent of seniors, and and dizziness. High doses of PCP can 30-day use was reported by 0.7 per- also cause seizures, coma, and death cent. Data on PCP use by 8th- and 10th- (though death more often results from graders are not available. accidental injury or suicide during PCP intoxication). High doses can cause Drug Abuse Warning Network symptoms that mimic schizophrenia, (DAWN)*** such as delusions, hallucinations, para- PCP mentions in emergency departments noia, disordered thinking, a sensation of for the third and fourth quarters of 2003 distance from one’s environment, and were estimated at 4,581; most of these catatonia. Speech is often sparse and mentions involved males. Approximately garbled. 51 percent were Black, 31 percent were People who abuse PCP for long periods White, and 12 percent were Hispanic. report memory loss, difficulties with speech and thinking, depression, and National Survey on Drug Use and weight loss. These symptoms can persist Health (NSDUH)**** up to a year after stopping PCP abuse. According to the 2004 NSDUH, lifetime Mood disorders also have been report- use of PCP went down for those aged ed. PCP has sedative effects, and inter- 18 to 25. Males in this age group actions with other central nervous system showed significant decreases in lifetime depressants, such as alcohol and benzo- use from 2003. Females in this age diazepines, can lead to coma. group showed significant declines in past year use. Lifetime use among 12- or 13-year-olds, however, was up signifi- cantly in 2004, from 0.1 percent in 2003 to 0.3 percent.
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* These data are from the 2005 Monitoring the Future Survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, and conducted annually by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The survey has tracked 12th-graders’ illicit drug use and related attitudes since 1975; in 1991, 8th- and 10th-graders were added to the study. The latest data are online at www.drugabuse.gov. ** “Lifetime” refers to use at least once during a respondent’s lifetime. “Annual” refers to use at least once during the year preceding an individual’s response to the survey. “30-day” refers to use at least once during the 30 days preced- ing an individual’s response to the survey. *** These data are from the annual Drug Abuse Warning Network, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS. The survey provides information about emergency department visits that are induced by or related to the use of an illicit drug or the nonmedical use of a legal drug. The latest data are available at 800-729-6686 or online at www.samhsa.gov. **** NSDUH (formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) is an annual survey of Americans age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Copies of the latest survey are available at www.samhsa.gov and from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 800-729-6686.
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