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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。
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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。0 C' C# J8 f. F4 |* [2 C
0 b' I+ J, f& G( b* sAlberta 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.5 L* [* b5 K+ K4 c8 J
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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.
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9 W$ r+ ^* k' k6 v! m6 h"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.
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, `1 \$ p; v2 u$ b% B* HHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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"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.
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9 x8 M, Y' q0 d+ l4 `. NThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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5 i/ r# s4 d/ c7 E) G# f1 o" X"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.6 v. | E$ |: G! M' H) d1 @) _
9 V9 C6 \% k9 B+ N0 K"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."
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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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