Alert from the NDEWS Web Monitoring Team: Continued increase in online mentions of 3-Chloro-PCP
Context: This alert follows preliminary reporting of 3-Chloro-PCP Subreddit discussion in NDEWS Weekly Briefing Issue 49 (August 2021).
What was found? Mentions of 3-Chloro-PCP on Reddit indicate sustained, growing interest in the drug. Mention counts in the first months of 2022 double counts from the months of 2021. Notably, mentions of 3-Chloro-PCP in drug Subreddits beginning May 2020 predate the first forensic detection of the drug in December 2020 by more than six months.
What is 3-Chloro-PCP? 3-Chloro-PCP is a dissociative NPS of the arylcyclohexylamine family.
How is 3-Chloro-PCP being discussed? 3-Chloro-PCP is commonly abbreviated as 3-Cl-PCP on Reddit. The drug is frequently co-mentioned with 3-Me-PCP, 3-MeO-PCP, 3-HO-PCP, and similar NPS.
How do people feel about 3-Chloro-PCP? Reports of the drug's effects vary from endorsements to warnings, according to the dosage and route of administration used.
Drug Terms: 3-Chloro-PCP, 3-Cl-PCP.
Harmonization: Data from the Rapid Street Reporting (RSR) effort included mentions of 3-Me-O-PCP, 4-Me-O-PCP, 5-Me-O-PCP in Tampa, Florida in February 2022 and Washington, DC in April 2022. PCP use was reported in San Francisco, California in November 2021 and in Washington, DC, April, 2022.