FOUND IT! (It's amazing what you can find when you actually look...):
I'm pretty sure I know where this happened, but I won't name places. Apparently there was a batch of G that this group of friends had that was either suspect or alot stronger than they thought. Either way, watching someone OD is not something anyone should have to see... My friend freaked out and literally sprinted out of the club, because at one stage it looked like half of the people in the club were about to OD.
The medical teams aren't a bad idea, but I'd like to see it go a bit further... If the government really wants to take a pro-active approach to harm-minimisation they could provide more accurate education instead of scare-mongering, and maybe offer financial assistance and/or subsidised medical training for organisations such as RaveSafe, who I think do a fantastic job.
Kid_Cisco
Party drug GHB toll mounts
Tanya Giles
28 oct 03
MEDICAL teams should be available at raves for young people suffering dangerous side-effects from party drugs, Parliament was told yesterday.
Ravesafe said five people had overdosed on GHB, also known as Grievous Bodily Harm, at a recent party and needed urgent treatment.
High doses of GHB can cause nausea, blackouts, headaches, seizures, hyperventilation and loss of consciousness.
Ravesafe peer education officer Natalie Russell said other party goers who had taken "ice", or crystal meth, had suffered psychotic behaviour and needed police and ambulance help.
Ms Russell told the state Parliamentary inquiry that Ravesafe staff were at raves to provide peer group support and advice and did not have enough medical training to deal with overdoses.
The Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee last month released a discussion paper on amphetamine and party drug use and has called for public submissions.
The committee also heard how young people were increasingly suffering dangerous side-effects including strokes and bleeding of the brain from party drugs.
Frankston Hospital radiologist Dr Chris O'Donnell said one or two young people were being admitted to the hospital each month suffering severe side-effects.
I'm pretty sure I know where this happened, but I won't name places. Apparently there was a batch of G that this group of friends had that was either suspect or alot stronger than they thought. Either way, watching someone OD is not something anyone should have to see... My friend freaked out and literally sprinted out of the club, because at one stage it looked like half of the people in the club were about to OD.
The medical teams aren't a bad idea, but I'd like to see it go a bit further... If the government really wants to take a pro-active approach to harm-minimisation they could provide more accurate education instead of scare-mongering, and maybe offer financial assistance and/or subsidised medical training for organisations such as RaveSafe, who I think do a fantastic job.
Kid_Cisco
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