Smoking is the most common route when used recreationally. PCP is available in a variety of tablets, capsules, and colored powders, which are either smoked, taken orally or by the intranasal route ("snorted"). Pharmacologically, PCP is a noncompetitive NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor antagonist and glutamate receptor antagonist, but also interacts with other receptor sites, and may have effects with dopamine, opioid and nicotinic receptors. On the illicit drug market, PCP contains a number of contaminants causing the color to range from a light to darker brown with a powdery to a gummy mass consistency. In its purest form, PCP is a white crystalline powder that readily dissolves in water or alcohol and has a distinctive bitter chemical taste. Ketamine ( Ketalar), an anesthetic used for surgery and painful procedures was developed instead and is structurally similar to PCP. PCP was developed in the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic, but due to the serious neurotoxic side effects, its development for human medical use was discontinued. It is considered a dissociative drug, leading to a distortion of sights, colors, sounds, self, and one's environment. Phencyclidine (PCP) is a mind-altering drug that may lead to hallucinations (a profound distortion in a person’s perception of reality). Supergrass, superweed, whacko tobacco, and killer joints refer to PCP combined with marijuana. Common or street names: Angel dust, boat, hog, love boat, wack, ozone, peace pill, dust, embalming fluid, rocket fuel.
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