USCENTCOM POLICY ON U.S. FORCES USE OF DIAZEPAM

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    STRESS THE FACT THAT THEIR CANA XS THERE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO
    THEM, BY A BUDDY, TO PREVENT SERXOLJS BRAIN 13AMAGE AND CONVULSIONS
    ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE AGENT POISONING. SHOULD THEY BE NEGLIGENT,
    AN]3-ALLOW THEIR CANA TO BE STOLEN OR USE13 WITHOUT NERVE AGENT
    EXPOSURE, THEN IT SIMPLY WXLL NOT BE AVAILABLE W14EN THEY REALLY
    NEED IT. THE RESPONSIBILITY IS THEIRS ALONE.
    6. WITH ATROPINE AND 2-PAM CHLORIDE ALONE, THE INDIVIDUAL MAY
    SURVIVE NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE, BUT WILL RISK LIVING OUT THE REST
    OF THEIR LIVES WITH SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE. LEADERS WILL ENSURE
    THIS MESSAGE IS CLEAR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF NERVE AGENT POISONING
    WITHOUT THE ANTI-CONVIJLSANT THERAPY OF 131AZEPAM ARE SERIOUS
    INDEED. FEW WOUL13 KNOWINGLY RISK THAT FATE FOR A MERE COUPLE OF
    HOURS OF UNAUTHORRZED SEDATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AT THE
    *'WHOLESALE" LEVEL CAN BE READILY TRACE13 BY THE AUTOMATED LEWIERS
    IN THE CLASS VIII SUPPLY SYSTEM.
    7. POINT OF CONTACT IS MAJ JANSEN, CCJ3-X, 402-5295. EXT ESI.//
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