A 21-year-old man has been charged after police allegedly found cocaine and MDMA in his possession at a Dubbo pub on Saturday morning.
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Ambulance NSW paramedics were called to the Macquarie Street establishment shortly before 1am to treat a man who was reportedly unconscious on the ground after suffering a suspected drug overdose.
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Another man was also treated by paramedics, who called police and requested urgent assistance.
When police arrived at the location they conducted a search of a 21-year-old man and discovered the drugs.
Police and Ambulance NSW declined to name the venue the drug incidents occurred at.
The men believed to have overdosed were aged 19 and 24.
One of the men was taken to Dubbo hospital for treatment and the Western NSW Local Health District would not disclose his condition.
"Don't take illegal drugs," was the message acting Orana Mid-Western Police District crime coordinator Sergeant Amanda Trindall wanted to send in the wake of the incidents.
"You don't know what you're taking, who you're really buying it off or where it's coming from," she said.
In a message to political leaders, Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) said evidence shows current policies to discourage drug taking, including heavy police presence and searches, are not effective.
"Ideally, we would all like young people and the wider public not to use drugs illicitly, however, the reality is that they do in large numbers and the moral message to abstain from taking drugs is not getting through," he said.
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