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normally—exactly the kind of deficit seen in children who have prenatal ex-
posure to PCP.
In mice PCP not only passes into maternal milk, but milk levels are 10 times
higher than maternal blood levels.
Additional information.PCP is related to the Schedule I hallucinogens PCE
(CAS RN 2201-15-2), PCPy (2201-39-0), TCP (21500-98-1), and TCPy (22912-
13-6). Rat experimentation measured PCPy as about the same strength as PCP.
Other laboratory measurement shows TCP as stronger than PCP, and PCE as
stronger than TCP. French military experiments found that TCP could protect
rats and guinea pigs from the chemical warfare agent soman.
“Cannabinol” is a nickname for PCP and refers to THC, which is the active
chemical in marijuana anddronabinol, but PCP is not THC. Likewise “DMT”
and “STP” (DOM) are nicknames for PCP, but they are all different drugs.
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