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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。$ z) m& [/ c+ u
% P3 F, ^1 s/ e0 f# n& M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。8 u0 @( S$ k; ?9 r, A- L) E8 m# s) @
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Alberta 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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7 |! @- |" L8 p' e7 E- \6 P VJeremy 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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Hampton 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."8 U l! O3 j( s
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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 R0 [: f* V! l' B8 G4 I$ z* h
; y8 J6 I- t2 \, ~The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.6 M4 M: J: t) y% N" M+ j
, P+ d/ j; W6 l"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. Z. ^) W9 W% B4 M8 Y9 k
( j3 s9 \( Y. N% \"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." & d! Y( X) {- \. T4 _- C9 ?3 S
; u3 `. O" l" V- o" }/ _# WAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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