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0 m& U( J! L# Y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。6 B7 p! O+ {; X; h
7 I3 {6 n- D; t9 NAlberta 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.9 H E; V" W A* a( a' m
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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.4 B% f5 E* M4 o/ w j( g4 U
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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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6 W) [4 j/ I5 ["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.) M' c0 v0 t$ R
$ f. ~' N E+ X, ?The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.; L: m% e7 e2 ]: ~
! x; s; |7 E" d5 F"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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9 x" l9 M r; h3 h"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." ! L5 P/ ?- x/ j* D- i
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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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