Negative side effects associated with PCP use can persist up to one year after stopping use of the drug.
Severe muscle contractions which result from PCP use may cause bone fracture and even kidney damage or failure as a consequence of muscle cells breaking down.
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States.
OxyContin has become the oxycodone drug of choice in Maine, Ohio, and West Virginia, and in portions of eastern Kentucky, Maryland, western Pennsylvania, and rural southwestern Virginia.