it's strange, PCP is really really taboo in my area... My mom used to work as the heard of an alternative school for kids who were expelled in a fairly large city, she would always tell me about kids she'd gotten that had smoked wet and done some fucked up shit, or damaged their brain, etc.
When I was in HS all the kids called it formaldehyde, except they really thought thats what it was.... they didn't know it was PCP, and even my mom thought that's what it was, which in retrospect is really strange seeing as how you would think someone in her position should know better. I never heard of it being taken any way other than smoked. I never did it but I heard some pretty cliche stories about people doing crazy fucked up shit on it from my peers, and a few of the kids I knew who did try it said they didn't like it... seems to be exclusively a crack head thing in my area, like literally, the only time I've ever seen it is at a crack dealers house (I don't smoke crack but I've tagged along on deals).
Also, my uncle who passed away a few years ago apparently got brain damage after smoking a joint laced with what was suspected to be PCP. I don't know the details other than what my family told me but apparently after that incident he was in and out of psych wards his whole life.
So I guess hanging out with my crazy uncle and always seeing it associated with crack heads is why I've always told myself I shouldn't try it.
I was wondering what you thought about this.
Edit: Also interested in the above posters question about how it compares to ketamine, seeing as how I really do love my special K.