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PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATION – an
inquiry into the character, reputation, discretion
and loyalty of individual in order to determine a
person’s suitability to be given security clearance.

PETITION – in equity, an application for a court order
giving the circumstances.

PETROGRAPHY – branch of geology that deals with
the systematic classification and identification of
rocks, rock forming minerals and soil. Also
includes study of dust, dirt, safe insulation,
ceramics and other such materials, both natural
and artificial.

PHARMACOTHERAPY – the therapy to treat drug
dependence by prescribing a substitute drug, such
as methadone or buprenorphine that is similar to
the drug of dependence.

PHENCYCLIDINE – a hallucinogen in powder (angel
dust), tablet, liquid, leafy mixture, and rock-crystal
forms that produces unpleasant effects and can
cause extreme violence and strength; as street
drug, often adulterated and misrepresented, yet
usage increasing notably.

PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP) – is a drug that has both
hallucinogenic and dissociative properties. The
dissociative effects of PCP leaves users feeling
removed from their body and their environment.
This effect produces a trance-like state. It also has
strong anesthetic effects, which produces amnesia
(memory loss) and analgesia (pain-relief). Also
known as "angel dust".

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