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几天前警察捡到一包毒品,当时还戴着手套,却中毒了,中毒的症状和吸收过多一模一样。9 o# ^# S3 V0 K8 v
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今天早晨专科医生在收音机里说,隔着手套毒品都跑到手里甚至身体里面去,可能性比中Lotto Max 还小。1 m( a' i2 Z. O) C9 v
/ M' N% n, o; _( p9 J7 EAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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Warnings are being issued in a small summer village west of Edmonton after an Alberta peace officer was exposed to the dangerous opioid fentanyl while patrolling the streets.4 S+ ~( e8 x5 I
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Jeremy Hampton, a member of the Seba Beach Patrol Service, was rushed to hospital after he picked up a vial of powder he found Saturday on a road. Seba Beach is 90 kilometres west of Edmonton, on the western shore of Lake Wabamun.' U7 u. O" H ^
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"He was just out on regular patrol when he noticed there was a vial on the ground," said Dwight Dawn, president of the Alberta Peace Officer Professional Association. ' @% O$ d/ m1 h. X$ p( K; q
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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9 |. Z6 S1 P! P4 c% B( n$ \# D"He got back to his office and started noticing the symptoms," Dawn said."Fortunately for him, he was carrying a naloxone kit on him and was able to inject himself."
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RCMP were brought in to investigate and officers found traces of fentanyl on the dashboard of the peace officer's car and on his ticket books, Dawn said.4 a. V* o* u3 Q" m* B% r# f/ [3 v
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.- O* K, e/ j2 @- q) H
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"We're not not too sure exactly how the inside of the vehicle got contaminated or how he got contaminated. It's just one of those things," Dawn said. "It's a very dangerous substance.2 Y( f4 c9 N: C3 z1 ?. _! C4 i
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"As much as we try to be cautious with it, it takes very little for this to float around in the air and get contaminated." * ~7 ^! @4 O6 I/ C7 _ {$ w
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After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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