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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。0 x9 W/ e; I5 q3 U) u8 J2 F, b
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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。
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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial* R; q0 A4 C$ r: F
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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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3 I' q/ H, ~- a: k9 W# I& gJeremy 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.; u) b1 N" ^4 z; E6 R7 _+ n
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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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' w+ G' I' _- QHampton 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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'A very dangerous substance'
% l, W8 ^" _ y& Y5 dRCMP 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.& n0 _8 k$ @0 N* t- k. h
$ D, Z, v! I+ z) @The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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% I0 l4 g& `& `% ]; W"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.9 u1 z" D2 }; z/ t5 B3 G) u
( @. u& t+ G ?0 h+ i"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." 9 v t8 C w4 {- m! u' A
8 T- T: u4 k6 j' Y' {0 nAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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