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Violence associated with phencyclidine abuse

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1979
Violence associated with chronic phencyclidine (PCP) abuse was investigated by administering a structured interview to 16 chronic PCP abusers. A more intensive study was done of another individual who committed murder and self-mutilation under the influence of PCP. The results suggest that there is no consistent association between PCP-related violence
M A, Fauman, B J, Fauman
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Phencyclidine Abuse Mimicking Head Injury

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980
Phencyclidine hydrochloride (PCP) is a psychoactive drug that in small doses produces agitation, excitement, and disorientation, but in larger doses results in stupor, convulsions, coma, and death. Two accident victims under the effects of phencyclidine were in coma. A history of phencyclidine abuse was not initially available in either instance.
R L, Corales, K I, Maull, D P, Becker
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Is Phencyclidine (PCP) Abuse Associated with Organic Mental Impairment?

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1979
The performance of sober (average length of abstinence = 27 months) phencyclidine (PCP) abusers on neuropsychological measures of organicity was compared to that of polydrug users who were not experienced with PCP, and to controls who were not alcohol or drug abusers.
A S, Carlin, I, Grant, K M, Adams, R, Reed   +3 more
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Growing Abuse of Phencyclidine: California “Angel Dust”

New England Journal of Medicine, 1977
N C, Jain, R D, Budd, B S, Budd
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Characteristics of Chronic Phencyclidine Abusers

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1981
Chronic PCP use is discussed. A treatment facility and a treatment modality for such subjects is described.
A M, Khajawall, G M, Simpson
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Chronic phencyclidine abuse and physical assault

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1982
When the authors investigated aggressive behavior on a phencyclidine (PCP) detoxification and rehabilitation unit and compared similar types of behavior on a heroin unit, they found no differences between the two units. The urinary PCP levels of a subgroup of 75 patients admitted to the PCP unit who had PCP-positive urine were significantly higher than
A M, Khajawall, T B, Erickson, G M, Simpson   +2 more
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Urinary Phencyclidine Excretion in Chronic Abusers

Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 1982
Data on usage patterns of 100 hospitalized chronic phencyclidine abusers was collected. Weekly urine samples were monitored using a new gas chromatographic nitrogen detector analysis for PCP. Abusers were found to be, on the average, young males who had used PCP for approximately 40 months (range 12 to 96 months) and approximately 3 to 4 d/week. Except
G M, Simpson, A M, Khajawall, E, Alatorre, F R, Staples   +3 more
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The Paradox of Phencyclidine (PCP) Abuse

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979
Excerpt Phencyclidine, widely abbreviated as PCP, and known by street names such as "angel dust," "goon," and dozens of others, is a deeply disturbing drug, dangerous both in acute and chronic use....
R, Stillman, R C, Petersen
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Treatment of Adolescent Phencyclidine (PCP) Abusers

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1978
Little data exists relative to ongoing treatment of adolescent phencyclidine (PCP) abusers. This paper presents data gathered on a cohort of 87 residents in an adolescent social rehabilitation program. Approximately 50% of this cohort were either chronic or occasional PCP users. Both groups were found to be regular users of other drugs.
G G, De Angelis, E, Goldstein
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Phencyclidine Ingestion: Drug Abuse and Psychosis

International Journal of the Addictions, 1981
Phencyclidine (PCP) is a popular illicit drug often misrepresented as some other hallucinogenic substance and distributed in widely varying dosage forms and strengths. Users of hallucinogenic drugs may present with unintentional PCP overdoses. Toxicological laboratory analyses are essential to establish the diagnosis. In nine admitted overdose patients,
M S, Jacob, P L, Carlen, J A, Marshman, E M, Sellers   +3 more
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