Phencyclidine (PCP)

• Phencyclidine (PCP) was reported as a primary substance by 0.1 percent of TEDS admissions in 1996 (Table 3.2).

• PCP admissions were approximately evenly split among non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanics (Table 3.1). However, while males represented 65 and 72 percent of white and black PCP admissions, respectively, they were only 39 percent of Mexican-American PCP admissions (Table 3.3).

• PCP admissions peaked at ages 25-34 for both males and females, but admissions for males were almost as high for those under 20 and aged 20-24 (Table 3.3).

Figure 20. PCP
Admissions by Sex, Age, and Race/Ethnicity: 1996

• Seventy-seven percent of PCP admissions reported use of other drugs. Alcohol was reported by 45 percent, marijuana/hashish by 31 percent, smoked cocaine by 16 percent, and non-smoked cocaine by 12 percent (Table 3.8).

• The usual route of administration for PCP is smoking, reported by 87 percent of admissions (Table 3.5).