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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。$ a- h+ ~" }+ p; r8 p
- s. t' j9 E! z, U- I* p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。3 E4 r7 i1 y8 C) L5 f
% _ V# a2 C" {* |) E% WAlberta 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.# Y% |7 V& u( Z
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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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"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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X/ X8 z4 V' Y" tHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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% Y6 s: S Z9 c2 h* X5 I"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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- P6 w! K- t, B% q! fRCMP 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.7 x- t& T4 Q3 W P1 ?- Y: ~
9 r( U/ |- X& DThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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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.; A4 F6 n, r# L, ~+ h7 J+ G
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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." ( T" T* Z6 p# 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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