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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。6 D8 m; u: D4 n2 h) x, O' B1 w
4 f3 y( O* F& t) i- x/ K0 g+ S8 }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。$ h! o4 H+ y% H* X2 N
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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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$ u9 S' b, M; V5 p x9 z! A, d: A: YWarnings 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.0 p: M5 D$ Z% A$ a7 \" y: j J+ f' V
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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.3 q" o/ N6 Z; o. J# B
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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. 5 W g8 M1 q- b% Z7 ?: N
9 a& M* v5 w* T, ?" Z4 v7 A: vHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.7 x0 Z( K S, Q n$ `
8 v; F! r$ e' q9 \6 V% w0 t5 r"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.+ _! n% t. i7 S7 T& p' R% ~. g5 A
' X0 A: D" h$ P* j+ F! Z }) `The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl." D2 Y5 K; }& ~4 x- w4 V! b6 k
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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.9 _1 i6 A0 K7 _8 d/ z
$ Q: c! t# @: I% X( c) ?5 W% N9 p"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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% \, D2 B# f( D* ` s( E6 |3 CAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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