USCENTCOM POLICY ON US FORCES USE OF DIAZEPAM 15 OCT 90

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Subject: USCENTCOM POLICY ON US FORCES USE OF DIAZEPAM  15 OCT 90        

Box  ID: BX000457

Document Number:          6

Folder Title: TACTICAL OPNS CENTER LOGS-MSG FILE LOGS 16 OCT 90                                               

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     STRESS THE FACT THAT THEIR CANA IS THERE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO
     THEM, BY A BUI3DY, TO PREVENT SERIOUS BRAIN DAMAGE AND CONVULSIONS
     ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE AGENT POISONING. SHOULD THI:Y BE NEGLIGENT,
     AND ALLOW THEIR CANA TO BE STOLEN OR USED WITHOUT NERVE AGENT
     EXPOSURE, THEN IT SIMPLY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE WHI:N THEY REALLY
     NEED !T. THE RESPONSIBILITY 15 THEIRS ALONE.
     6. WITH ATROPINE AND 2-PAM CHLORIDE ALONE, THE INDIVIDUAL MAY
     SURVIVE NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE, BUT WILL RISK LIVING OUT THF= REST
     OF THEIR LIVES WITH SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE. LEAIIERS WILL ENSURE
     THIS ME-=SAGE IS CLEAR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF NERVE AGENT POISONING
     WITHOUT THE ANTI-CONVULSANT THERAPY OF DIAZEPAM AIRE SERIOUS
     INDEED. FEW WOULD KNOWINGLY RISI@ THAT FATE FOR A MT=RE COUPLE OF
     HOURS OF UNAUTHORIZED SEI3ATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AT THE
     "WHOLESALE" LEVEL CAN BE READILY TRACEIJ BY THE AUTOMATED LE13GERS
     IN THE CLASS VIII SUPPLY SYSTEM.
     7. POINT OF CONTACT IS MAJ JANSEN, CCJ3-X, 402-5i?95, EXT 281,//










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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-31
Box ID = BX000457
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = TACTICAL OPNS CENTER LOGS-MSG FILE LOGS 16 OCT 90
Folder Seq # = 1
Subject = USCENTCOM POLICY ON US FORCES USE OF DIAZEPAM 1
Document Seq # = 20
Document Date =
Scan Date = 14-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-SEP-1996