How to Use phencyclidine in a Sentence

phencyclidine

noun
  • Police said Hall had a small amount of phencyclidine (PCP) at the time of his arrest.
    — NBC News, 2020-04-11
  • The drugs for which tests are required are marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP) and opiates.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 2017-06-01
  • In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson's system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
    — Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 2022-03-24
  • The report lists excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 2020-09-23
  • Excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, were contributing factors, the report said.
    — chicagotribune.com, 2020-09-05
  • Also, his urine drug screen — which tested for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opioids, benzodiazepines and amphetamines — came back clean.
    — Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 2019-02-11
  • One stage of the testing involved trying to reverse the effects phencyclidine, better known as PCP, which causes hyperactivity and other schizophrenialike behaviors.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 2020-04-15
  • The indictments allege that the defendants — all members or associates of the street gang, or alleged drug dealers who operated in gang territory — sold methamphetamine, crack cocaine, cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP).
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2020-11-18

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