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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。% e/ H) T# p& i, d7 X4 b: d. l4 m
1 i! I5 R3 V2 |* o" G& A9 o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。" Q7 z% x5 ^' D$ O. O4 I3 K
: D6 j% n' ^! W* m4 b" w1 I+ ?Alberta 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. w B/ z" }1 n% J5 _' K1 \
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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 O0 [5 e3 ~8 C2 K% m" X
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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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. A$ V; j/ B n" N! G* G' l5 `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."3 j( V& b- b2 y2 N0 H5 y$ C
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+ ]; g9 p5 r2 jRCMP 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.
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/ j+ I! \& H q$ YThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.# O6 ^! I2 _' r' f& M
# F0 p$ H s* ~5 |& j7 b* T"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.+ D( `; p% B I/ W
. j+ O9 ?8 y ~6 n* 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."
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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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