![]() Twitches, shudders, or random, uncontrolled movements.Rapid, involuntary eye movements, typically side to side.If anyone has taken PCP they will show signs of intoxication: Depending on the size and potency of the dose, effects can last for 4-6 hours or as long as 24 hours. Any effects of PCP begin within 30-60 minutes after it has been ingested orally, or a few minutes if smoked or injected. The individual may lose the sense of time, either slowing down or speeding up, or they can feel out of or above their bodies. At first, the individual might feel happy, and how they see their surroundings may not be extreme hallucinations but there are changes to light, color, sound, and touch. When a person uses PCP, whether by smoking, injecting, drinking or eating, they expect to feel a pleasant high and hallucinate. So since there have been mostly bad “reviews” about this drug, what would make someone want to use it in the first place you wonder. As a result, there is no way to know how much is being taken, making its use particularly dangerous. It is still made but nearly all PCP production is illegal and there is no standard for purity or dosage. Even though it wasn’t that popular doesn’t mean that nobody uses it. IT also wasn’t very popular with illicit drug users when it hit the streets in the 1960s due to its reputation for causing bad reactions. After the word got around town that PCP had some serious side effects and psychotic reactions production of it stopped and was only made illegally after the 1960s. PCP has various slang names, such as Angel Dust, Hog, Love Boat, and Peace Pill. ![]() PCP can be found in a variety of forms, including tablets or capsules however, liquid and white crystal powder are the most common. Where Does PCP Come From?Īccording to the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIH), PCP (Phencyclidine) was developed in the 1950s as a general anesthetic for surgery, but it is no longer used for this purpose due to the serious side effects. But, dissociative drugs, such as PCP, can cause users to feel out of control or disconnected from their body and environment, which can make them dangerous to the user and to those around them. Such drugs as:īoth hallucinogens and dissociative drugs can cause hallucinations or sensations and images that seem real though they are not. When everyone was for “free love” and trying to free their minds and experimenting with hallucinogens. ![]() They were popular in the ’60s and 70’s around Woodstock. Hallucinogens or dissociative drugs have been around since the ‘50s and maybe even longer. ![]() A drug that has been around for years even decades. There has been so much buzz and coverage around the opioid epidemic and prescription drugs these past 10 years or so that you kind of lose the awareness that there are other kinds of drugs that are out there. ![]()
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