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What is PCP? PCP (phencyclidine) is classified as a dissociative hallucinogenic substance that produces marked perceptual alterations. Hallucinogenic drugs affect an individual’s perceptions in a different manner than other drugs affect perception of the environment. Hallucinogenic drugs produce experiences that are not consistent with reality, such as hallucinations (seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, or even tasting […]

What is PCP? Originally developed as a surgical anesthetic in the 1950s, phencyclidine (PCP) can act as a depressant, stimulant, or hallucinogen. It is most often found as a crystalline white, off-white, or yellowish powder, although it can sometimes be found in capsule or pill form, masquerading as a black market prescription drug. PCP is […]

What is PCP? Phencyclidine, otherwise known as PCP, is a hallucinogenic, dissociative drug that comes in the form of a white crystalline powder or a clear, yellowish liquid. It’s often referred to as angel dust, amp, rocket fuel, and animal tranquilizer, among other names. Introduced as an intravenous anesthetic in the 1950s, the drug is […]

Phencyclidine (fen-SAI-kluh-deen) (aka PCP) is a dissociative anesthetic that was originally developed in the 1950s for use as an intravenous anesthetic. Although medical use of the drug has been discontinued due to a high incidence of postoperative delirium, PCP has historically been illicitly, recreationally misused.1 Its effects can include a sense of floating, feeling detached […]