← CNN Presents · Season 2002

Fried

S2002 · E22 · 10 Nov 2002 · 1 hr 0 min

No image

The dealers pitch it as the new drug -- a potent combination of embalming fluid, tobacco, marijuana and mint leaves. But its most dangerous ingredient is PCP, a chemical developed as an anesthetic but banned in the 1960s because its terrible side effects. Use is soaring nationwide and PCP-related emergency room admissions are up 80 percent in two years.