PCP, the dangerous angel
By: Marilyn Carroll.
Edition: Updated.
Series: Encyclopedia of psychoactive drugs
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Phencyclidine abuse -- Juvenile literature.; Phencyclidine -- Toxicology -- Juvenile literature.; Phencyclidine.; Drugs.; Drug abuse.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the chemical properties of phencyclidine or PCP and its original use as a pre-surgery anesthetic. Also discusses the physical and psychological effects of this hallucinogen which can cause serious mental illness and even death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 98) and index.
Table of contents: value: What is PCP?; value: The effects of PCP; value: Tolerance, dependence, and mental health; value: The long-term effects of PCP; value: The treatment of PCP abuse; value: Who uses PCP?; value: Economic and legal status of PCP; value: Appendixes.