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PCP: The New Rise of a Drug That Turns Teens Crazy
The angel dust of the ‘80s is back in a new form called “wet,” and teens are going crazy for it—literally. Jeff Deeney on how a drug that makes users psychotic is staging a comeback.
Jeff Deeney
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Apr. 22 2011
5:46PM EDT
There is a surge in PCP use, spawned by a convenient new way of consuming the powerful drug: by dissolving it in liquid and soaking cigarettes with it so that it can be smoked on the fly. (Photo by Nancy Andrews / Getty Images),The Washington Post
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