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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 Y+ g+ n) C6 r- c" r( U
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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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& h, F' t7 k) I% m: tWarnings 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.* V0 E9 }2 V! i0 [/ k8 i
5 }8 Q% r. w: N4 |. `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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/ O# T" U: \% K: v7 [! `"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."
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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.5 A' B8 Z s; T# B- p
0 C" |4 {5 n4 f" {- u0 X- GThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.3 o, A" p+ n- R- s. x
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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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- Q- c" x8 c+ A/ V"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." : q, O: R5 Y0 ]$ Y5 V$ v% {
* g; L7 l3 |9 c6 i6 J& nAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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