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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。( ?4 Y1 A0 P7 u j
: t6 _+ ^4 W6 I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 j" Z, F- ]( m3 }: O% Z
E$ B3 x7 \! PAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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, J* n; E* Y% Q2 c7 R1 cWarnings 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.
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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. $ I) w2 {4 u) c4 L L n9 P7 z
/ W) {+ h9 [! }Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.' O7 ?7 @2 j. L
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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.1 P' p- c' O# n3 D$ I
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The 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.8 p& {( T5 L' Y3 y/ n
- ]4 L0 F' k# e1 E$ P9 y"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." * t3 D4 ~, n2 z; j w, j7 u
* D6 L6 q5 ^1 E& l3 X" i) m1 K5 VAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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