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FACTS ABOUT PCP

1. PCP stands for phencyclidine. It was developed as an anesthetic but abandoned due to bad side effects.
2. The usual dose is about 3mg but it varies, (mg. is an abbreviation for milligram or one-thousandth of a gram). It can be smoked or taken by mouth.
3. The effects are emotional withdrawal, concrete thinking (lack of abstract thinking such as inability to understand proverbs), and catatonic posturing (immobility with rigidity or inflexibility), hallucinations that are accompanied by hostility or assaults.
4. It is not addictive but may lead to permanent brain damage.
5. If the dose is excessive it may cause coma and death.