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Illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
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phencyclidine
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n. a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen [syn: phencyclidine hydrochloride , PCP , angel dust ]
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Phencyclidine ( PCP ), also known as angel dust and Sernyl among others, is a dissociative drug . PCP was brought to market in the 1950s as an anesthetic pharmaceutical drug but was taken off the market in 1965 due to the high prevalence of dissociative ...
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n. (context chemistry English) A veterinary anesthetic, used illegally in humans as a hallucinogen
Usage examples of phencyclidine.
Negative for amphetamines, antihistamines, phencyclidine, benzodiazepines.
Any college chemistry student with four or five hundred dollars can set up production in a shed and be turning out phencyclidine in a few days out of easily available materials.
Three black-coated methamphetamine tablets nestled in one quadrant of the box, sharing space with the phenobarbitals, the butalbitals and the criminals of the crew, all in a single, separate cell: the one remaining pale blue tab of acid, the four white innocuous-looking hits of phencyclidine and the three innocent Contac capsules.