Commonly Abused Drugs Chart - National Institute On Drug Abuse - 2018 Page 20

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PCP
A dissociative drug developed as an intravenous anesthetic that has been discontinued due to serious adverse effects.
Dissociative drugs are hallucinogens that cause the user to feel detached from reality. PCP is an abbreviation of the
scientific name, phencyclidine. For more information, see the
Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs Research
Report.
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways
DEA
Taken
Schedule
Angel Dust, Boat, Hog,
No commercial uses
White or colored powder,
Injected, snorted,
I, II
Love Boat, Peace Pill
tablet, or capsule; clear liquid
swallowed, smoked
(powder added to
mint, parsley,
oregano, or
marijuana)
Possible Health Effects
Short-term
Delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, problems thinking, a sense of distance from one’s
environment, anxiety.
Low doses: slight increase in breathing rate; increased blood pressure and heart rate;
shallow breathing; face redness and sweating; numbness of the hands or feet; problems
with movement.
High doses: nausea; vomiting; flicking up and down of the eyes; drooling; loss of balance;
dizziness; violence; seizures, coma, and death.
Long-term
Memory loss, problems with speech and thinking, loss of appetite, anxiety.
Other Health-related
PCP has been linked to self-injury.
Issues
Risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases from shared needles.
In Combination with
Unknown.
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Headaches, increased appetite, sleepiness, depression
Symptoms
Treatment Options
Medications
There are no FDA-approved medications to treat addiction to PCP or other dissociative
drugs.
Behavioral Therapies
More research is needed to find out if behavioral therapies can be used to treat addiction to
dissociative drugs.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 20 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018

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