1
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
2
primary care physician; primary care provider
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
The center also sees cases involving PCP, K2 and xylazine.
—Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
Court records show criminal convictions for using PCP, a drug that can cause erratic behavior.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
What the officers were not verbally told was that the suspect had a history of violence with his wife, was armed with a gun and was high on PCP, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Daily News.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
Related Stories The report says that none of the following substances were detected: alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, PCP and fentanyl.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
On that January evening, Green was driving while intoxicated — with PCP and alcohol in his system — when his car crashed into several other vehicles, occupied and unoccupied, then stopped at the base of a tree.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
At the time of the killings, Clements was addicted to phencyclidine (PCP) and cocaine and was intending to rob Gatlin to buy crack cocaine, according to court filings.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
The semi-auto version of the Benjamin Marauder is a .22 caliber PCP rifle that uses a 10-shot magazine.
—T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
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Related Articles California cops shot in 2022 ambush were not verbally warned by dispatcher that suspect had gun, was on PCP
The report released Feb. 8 by the California Justice Department examines the confrontation on July 26, 2021, between police and Samuel Soto.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
The center also sees cases involving PCP, K2 and xylazine.
—Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
Court records show criminal convictions for using PCP, a drug that can cause erratic behavior.
—Emily Davies, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
What the officers were not verbally told was that the suspect had a history of violence with his wife, was armed with a gun and was high on PCP, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Daily News.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
Related Stories The report says that none of the following substances were detected: alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, PCP and fentanyl.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
On that January evening, Green was driving while intoxicated — with PCP and alcohol in his system — when his car crashed into several other vehicles, occupied and unoccupied, then stopped at the base of a tree.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
At the time of the killings, Clements was addicted to phencyclidine (PCP) and cocaine and was intending to rob Gatlin to buy crack cocaine, according to court filings.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
The semi-auto version of the Benjamin Marauder is a .22 caliber PCP rifle that uses a 10-shot magazine.
—T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
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PCP
1 of 2 noun1
3
: a health-care professional and especially a physician who is authorized (as by an HMO) to provide primary care
PCP
2 of 2 abbreviation
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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