phencyclidine
noun
phen·cy·cli·dine
(ˌ)fen-ˈsi-klə-ˌdēn 
-ˈsī-,
-dən
: a piperidine derivative C17H25N used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride especially as a veterinary anesthetic and sometimes illicitly as a psychedelic drug
called also angel dust, PCP
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On the Saturday morning of Jan. 21, 1989, Clements went to Gatlin’s apartment after spending the past evening using crack and phencyclidine (PCP), among other drugs, according to court filings.
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Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
While no other contributing cause of death is listed in the coroner’s report, Coolio had the following conditions at the time of his death: cardiomyopathy, asthma and recent phencyclidine use.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
The report lists excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
—Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2021
The history of ketamine Ketamine was first synthesized in 1962 by American scientist Calvin Stevens, who was searching for an anesthetic alternative to phencyclidine, also called PCP or angel dust.
—Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Police arrested Price around 4:30 p.m. Friday on Newhall Street and booked him on two counts of child endangerment, involuntary manslaughter and manufacturing phencyclidine, known as PCP, according to jail records.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2023
Also, his urine drug screen — which tested for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opioids, benzodiazepines and amphetamines — came back clean.
—Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2019
Ketamine, meanwhile, was first used in clinical practice in the 1960s as a safer alternative to the anesthetic phencyclidine (PCP), which has been discontinued in the U.S. due to the high incidence of postoperative delirium with hallucinations.
—Raleigh McElvery, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson's system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
—Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
While no other contributing cause of death is listed in the coroner’s report, Coolio had the following conditions at the time of his death: cardiomyopathy, asthma and recent phencyclidine use.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
The report lists excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
—Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2021
The history of ketamine Ketamine was first synthesized in 1962 by American scientist Calvin Stevens, who was searching for an anesthetic alternative to phencyclidine, also called PCP or angel dust.
—Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Police arrested Price around 4:30 p.m. Friday on Newhall Street and booked him on two counts of child endangerment, involuntary manslaughter and manufacturing phencyclidine, known as PCP, according to jail records.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2023
Also, his urine drug screen — which tested for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opioids, benzodiazepines and amphetamines — came back clean.
—Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2019
Ketamine, meanwhile, was first used in clinical practice in the 1960s as a safer alternative to the anesthetic phencyclidine (PCP), which has been discontinued in the U.S. due to the high incidence of postoperative delirium with hallucinations.
—Raleigh McElvery, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson's system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
—Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
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phencyclidine
noun
phen·cy·cli·dine
(ˈ)fen-ˈsik-lə-ˌdēn
-ˈsī-klə-
-ˈsī-klə-
-dən
: a piperidine derivative used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride C17H25N·HCl especially as a veterinary anesthetic and sometimes illicitly as a psychedelic drug to induce vivid mental imagery
called also angel dust, PCP
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