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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。' B' r7 r$ }% m3 O
, k6 D$ O! z4 n+ J7 r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 v5 s* b, B- H) d
0 C" e/ p- L: [, ~/ B* E5 PAlberta 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.
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4 s% h# V8 E& m7 w# }9 ~* uJeremy 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.& E5 m) C4 ] c5 X0 C" R
4 B( B% I) i5 s" z' {5 n9 K"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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% w% W7 t; q, p! ZHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.7 H5 W6 }; z) A* c
5 t/ L: }% b" }$ x' X- e: X"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."" R% X2 i. p! B$ o& O; f
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'A very dangerous substance'
1 R+ B/ n5 F) t% L& VRCMP 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.- F3 n1 v% W0 S4 T, ]9 X$ y
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.& P; C9 ?; B+ a; T( `; l' q. M, q
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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.
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* P; M; u9 `4 @"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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0 p0 J/ C' ]8 ^' B! C2 AAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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