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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。& N0 U9 @) D1 t- u# [6 z
, q* F$ w0 ~( Y7 j* W0 U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。9 b- x$ M+ O8 _/ c" ?
# m, C$ l$ p" |Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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2 s/ z( e0 @3 r p h2 w; s, D' xWarnings 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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% B' L$ r3 ]% q$ XJeremy 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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"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. 8 ]; k8 N+ B# X+ k
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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."- k* k) U: @' @7 d5 q1 }# C
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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.0 m' Z# t* Z9 f7 F U' Y& P- P
6 d3 B8 ]3 p, s' s- B. o' m; z/ TThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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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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) f8 {! b3 S8 q- J- n"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." . T0 S# Y, O" _
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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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