Ambos to be allowed to sedate amphetamine users out of control

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Ice has become a household word and the great new fear thanks to the publicity being generated by A Sydney conference this week .The more we hear about the drug, also known as crystal methamphetamine, the more we worry.Buck Reed is part of a group called Uni Med First Aid – they’re a volunteer group of paramedics and nurses who go to the kinds of events where amphetamines, ectstasy and other psycho-stimulants as they are known, are likely to be being used, and they provide advice and liaise with emergency services …Buck hands risky drug victims over to the next stage – the police and ambulance services – and that’s where Alan Eade comes in – he’s from the Melbourne Metropolitan Ambulance Service and he explained the guidelines released today which will allow ambulance paramedics to sedate people out of control on ice

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