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When was PCP developed?
1950's
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What is the pure form of PCP?
White crystalline powder.
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What are the establishments in which PCP is commonly abused in?
What are nightclubs and music venues?
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What are the moderate mental effects of PCP?
Feeling detached, distant, and separate from surroundings.
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What type of drug is PCP?
PCP is a hallucinogen.
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What are four commonly used street names of PCP?
Angel dust, ozone, wack, or rocket fuel.
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What are the forms of PCP in which are taken orally or by insufflation?
Tablets, capsules, and colored powders.
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How do PCP addicts recover?
They are taught basic abilities to confront and communicate.
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What are the moderate physical effects of PCP?
Slurred speech, numbness, loss of coordination, blank stare, random quick eye movements.
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What does PCP stands for?
Phencyclidine.
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When was PCP discontinued?
1960's.
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What is the liquid form of PCP?
The base of PCP dissolved usually in ether.
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What types of causes consist of genetic, brain chemistry, brain chemical imbalances, and environmental based causes?
Causes of abuse.
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What are the high dosage physical effects of PCP?
Hallucinations and image distortion.
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What is Ketamine?
An intravenous acid created shortly after PCP that is structurally similar to the drug and is Schedule II.
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What is the schedule of PCP?
PCP is Schedule II.
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What is the form in which PCP is sprayed onto leafy material such as mint, parsley, oregano, or marijuana?
The smoking form of PCP.
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What are PCP's psychological symptoms of abuse?
Inability to make decisions, amnesia, lack of motivation, difficulty paying attention, hallucinations, and delusions.
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What are the extreme effects of PCP?
Seizures, coma, and death.
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What are the effects on the brain from taking PCP?
PCP disrupts the functioning of receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate.
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What are the terms used to classify PCP combined with marijuana?
"Killer Joints" or "Crystal Supergrass."
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How does the liquid form of PCP enter the body?
By way of injection.
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What are the physical symptoms of PCP abuse?
Numbness, slurred speech, and a blank stare.
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What are high dosage mental effects of PCP?
Mood disorders, amnesia, anxiety, paranoia, and violent hostility.
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What is the reason PCP has its effects?
The sedative and anesthetic effects of PCP are trance-like.