PCP
Pneumocystosis
Origination
PCP began as being used as an anesthetic by medical professionals during surgery to keep patients from feeling pain. It was taken out of usage a few years later because the doctors found out it caused hallucinations, affects mood and makes you confused.
Street Names
Angel Dust
Killer Weed
Super Grass
Peace Pills
Hog
Phencyclidine Wack
Tic Tac
Zoom
Boat
Shermans
Taking PCP
Pills
Embalming Fluid
This method is dipping a cigarette in liquid PCP and then lighting up.
Injection
Effects
Hallucinations
Detachment from reality
Hyperthermia - opposite of hypothermia
Blood clotting
Kidney failure
Shallow breathing
Body convulsions
Change in mood such as anger
Anxiety
Paranoia
Combining with the inability to feel pain that PCP comes with mixed with hallucinations, you're likely to hurt yourselves or even kill yourself. In one case, a man peeled off his face with a mirror shard and lived because of all the drugs in his system.
Long Term Effects
When used for excess amounts of time with solid addiction, it can cause mental problems, loss of memory, depression as well as speech problems.
Signs of Addiction
Often, a PCP users experience mood changes and go from their normal selves to aggressive, paranoid and are stricken with anxiety. Their breathing may be consistently shallow and there could be infected bumps on their arms by veins from injection. They may experience hallucinations, loss of muscle control as well as will look distant as if they aren't focused on reality. Loss of balance, vomiting and uncontrollable eye movements are also ways to spot out PCP users.