What is phencyclidine hydrochloride (PCP)?
PCP is an illegal, common street drug. It has other names, including angel dust. PCP can be smoked, snorted, injected, or taken by mouth. A fatal dose is about 1 mg/kg in adults and less in children. PCP can cause a feeling of being high or can make you depressed. Users experience numbness and an altered sense of reality and time. PCP abuse often leads to physical injury to the user or those who come in contact with him or her. PCP powerfully affects some of the chemicals of the body and brain that change mood and emotions. Extreme reactions can make users become very strange. They can be violent against themselves or others. Occasionally, heart or lung failure can occur.
