Embalming fluid-soaked marijuana: New high or new guise for PCP?

Author(s): Nelson, L., Ravikumar, P. R., Elwood, W. N.

Journal/Book: J Psychoactive Drug. 1998; 30: 409 Clayton St, San Francisco, CA 94117. Haight-Ashbury Publ. 215-219.

Abstract: A growing trend of smoking marijuana soaked in what is purported to be embalming fluid has been reported in the literature since the mid-1980s. This article describes several cases of intoxication, gives regional epidemiological data on this phenomenon, and includes current nomenclature. The authors also analyze a sample of fluid said to be embalming fluid and discover PCP (phencyclidine) and multiple congeners and by-products of PCP manufacture. The implications of this finding are discussed, and the hypothesis that most embalming fluid-soaked marijuana likely contains PCP is considered.

Note: Article Holland JA, Bellevue Hosp Ctr, Comprehens Psychiat Emergency Program, GN-7, 462 1ST Ave, New York,NY 10016 USA

Keyword(s): embalming fluid; intoxication; marijuana; phencyclidine (PCP); psychosis; substance abuse; SYSTEM

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