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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。2 q7 R7 E T T& S+ S2 N
4 E* y- M6 C. J, v" Z) m, W- I" a( @4 r) K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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, O: i2 u0 R7 t: x1 DAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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, Q- i; A' l* A" i+ L/ _) Q3 S# Z% l! RWarnings 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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/ Q+ R5 \, \( `) [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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3 @* ~, I8 v: n; m"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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" L1 \( `' g! C, m"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."" q/ K( \& O" ]4 k4 f, [* p" j) g1 t
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( [/ e' o9 W% F0 }: ~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 b+ r! {! b
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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' E0 X3 K4 |. a- z& O$ ]"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.% T5 d1 o, a; n7 F4 t& n: P: h; h# k
* d* v k! y; M1 f' 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." ) G/ G" ?: T: l5 O% ^" c: x
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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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