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angel dust

and angel hair and dust of angels

n. the common name for phencyclidine (PCP). (Originally drugs.) I thought that angel hair and stuff like that was a problem of the sixties. He had a bit of a problem with some “dust of angels.” It almost killed him.

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Angel Dust was originally used by the medical profession as an anaesthetic.

MUM CHECKS ALLY McBEAL CO-STAR INTO MENTAL WARD; Lisa overdoses on Angel Dust drug

Angel dust is a powerful hallucogenic which can make users totally fearless and violent.

KILLER 'DUST' IS NEW PARTY DRUG; PCP sold to Scots

At Perth, Graham McCourt's Angel Dust should not be missed in the Isle of Skye Scotch Whisky Mares' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (8.

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PALMDALE - Palmdale sheriff's narcotics deputies seized a quantity of the illegal drug phencyclidine - best known as PCP or angel dust - at an apartment in the 38400 block of 10th Place East.

BRIEFS; DEPUTIES SEIZE PCP IN PALMDALE

FORGET cocaine, angel dust and heroin because, according to Tesco, there's a new scourge in town - pork pies.

Johnny Vaughan Column: Exposed - the evil masterplan of these poisonous pork pie-pushers

Then on Saturday, Angry Chair covers Alice in Chains and Angel Dust does Faith No More.

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Her early life was marred by drug abuse as she nearly died from an overdose cocktail of crystal meth, ketamine, angel dust, ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana before her 16th birthday.

The Razz: Pink's party starts again

That's what it was, all right, but of a decidedly more sinister kind: According to a report on CBC radio, somebody spiked the crew's lobster chowder with PCP, the drug known as angel dust.

WILLIS A HIT MAN IN `JACKAL'

Tests found Ms Wright, from Ballybough, Dublin, - who had just returned from a methadone clinic - had cocaine, benzodiazepines cannabis, angel dust and methadone in her system.

Mum had 'cocktail of drugs' OVERDOSE

Kerswill also put together a Faith No More tribute called Angel Dust, and that band will pop off about three shows this year.

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The IMPACT Test System simultaneously tests for up to 10 substances (including: marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines/methamphetamines, opiates, angel dust and alcohol) producing blood-equivalent, lab-quality results in only five minutes.

LifePoint, Inc. Revolutionizes Drug and Alcohol Testing; - Experts Expect IMPACT(TM) Test System's Breakthrough Technology Will Aid With Prevention and Ultimately Save Lives -

Perhaps this is the high point of a career that, 20 years later would descend into police chases, angel dust and a spell in chokey.

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To highlight Lisa's cheekbones, we used a mixture of the Mac Fuchsia shadow with Boots 17 Angel Dust and applied it to the top of the cheekbones.

New look is child's play...; Student Lisa Devlin wants to be the face of the future on kids' TV, so TERRI CRAIG gave her a funky new style that would help her shine in front of the camera

But after a terrifying experience with angel dust, he gave up drugs for good and is now vehemently against taking them.

DAVID GEST .. MY STORY; I felt that my looks were so disgusting I needed cosmetic surgery .. it was idiotic

Brighten up your wardrobe with lashings of gold bangles and chokers; sprinkle angel dust with glitter-edged corsages; or go back to the 80s with big and brash jewellery in neon bright.