EMBALMING FLUID-SOAKED MARIJUANA - NEW HIGH OR NEW GUISE FOR PCP

A growing trend of smoking marijuana soaked in what is purported to be embalming fluid has been reported in the literature since the mid-198 0s. This article describes several cases of intoxication, gives region al epidemiological data on this phenomenon, and includes current nomen clature. The authors also analyze a sample of fluid said to be embalmi ng fluid and discover PCP (phencyclidine) and multiple congeners and b y-products of PCP manufacture. The implications of this finding are di scussed, and the hypothesis that most embalming fluid-soaked marijuana likely contains PCP is considered.