Phencyclidine
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When it was first developed by the pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis, Phencyclidine promised to be a useful new anesthetic during surgery. However, when the drug was tested on humans, these subjects experienced a number of unpleasant side effects and the company ceased all human trials in 1956. That was hardly the end of the story of Phencyclidine, however, for the drug - more commonly referred to as PCP - would go on to find legitimate use as a tranquilizer in large animals who needed veterinary care and illegitimate uses as a street drug.The same potent psychological and behavioral effects that made the drug a bad choice for use as a surgical anesthetic in humans (and which seem to be absent with the drug is used on much larger animals) made it attractive as a street drug. Initially used as a substitute for as well as an adulterant to established hallucinogens such as LSD, mescaline, and marijuana, the drug soon lost favor with habitual users of these hallucinogens be
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Approximate Word count = 658
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)
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