Social - Is pcp a popular recreational drug anywhere?

[GeographyGeography]

I've been around many states including MA, TX, NY, CA, and OR. My fish has never once run across PCP. In fact as far as I can tell the name is used jokingly as a reference to obscure drugs!

[Xanahalf]

Sorry I know this is an old thread.

SWIM in Vancouver canada has never ever seen PCP and knows a fair number of dealers in rare drugs. Swim has heard of people allegedly doing crazy things on it but never actually seen it for sale anywhere here.

As for that story about the kid biting his thumb off and the subsequent electrocution; the story does not seem to be true. Zero news reports of it and it just sounds fake. Biting off a thumb would be MUCH harder then the story makes it out to be. A man did bite off the thumb of his 1-2 year old son on PCP but a full grown mans jaw strength vs a babies thumb is NOT the same as a twelve year old biting their own thumb. Even if they felt zero pain and REALLY wanted to bite the thumb off I highly doubt it would come off in one clean bite. And considering doctors were able to ~kinda~ reattach the 2 year olds thumb (after it was recovered several hours later from inside the fathers stomach) i find it hard to believe that the 12 year old's thumb couldnt be re-attached at all.

PCP has made people do crazy things but almost always people known to be violent and crazy to begin with. The story posted is almost certainly not true.

[Troussman]

PCP is still around yet I do believe the popularity has decreased. I've only come across a few dust addicts in my time all of which have come from open air drug markets. Definitely more popular in urban areas although less common to find then the typical street drugs. Generally speaking Philly is still decently populated with PCP users and i've seen a lot of users coming out of the Hartford Connecticut area as well.

[hookedonhelping]

I heard first hand from guys who sold gallons of pcp, in prison, that a jug of pcp went for 10k, and would be enough to get some insane number of people high. It's basically a lifetime supply many times over, a 1gal jug.. They were from D.C and said even today it's still liquid in some spots of the nations capital. Crazy.. I have never tried PCP, and unless im in a huge field somewhere safe with a controlled dosage.. im not very interested in playing with fire anymore. The stories these guys told me.. wow. Virginia beach and pcp was a common association when they spoke.

[AngelaCat]

PCP use is rampant in the District of Columbia, where it is called either 'wet' or 'water' and generally is smoked after dipping a cigarette into it. There are a lot of PCP addicts here.

[Nosferatus]

It's periodically available here (central Canada), usually sold already soaked into cannabis, occasionally powdered, rarely as a liquid. Most users either smoke it mixed with cannabis or snort it. At one point a huge, crack laced blunt dipped in pcp (powder dissolved in vodka) or two was a fairly common party favour for certain friends of mine.

Nosferatus added 2 Minutes and 38 Seconds later...

Like most dissociatives, it seems to have it's strongest following among younger gay men.

[mr sic]

Its big here in cleveland, All the pcp casualties or waterheads talk like Patrick from Spongebob.

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Agreed, the "Rust Belt" of the US still sees high rates of PCP use, especially in southeast Michigan and Ohio