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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。7 \9 |% g7 O& j! V- ?
$ A! y( _6 t V* B( N3 O9 f: t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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9 e' _% Q6 W$ s' H% h' P( bAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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/ J( W+ N* {* F% C# V9 {$ 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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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. ?& w3 Y/ @% T5 @8 k' @4 d* T
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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. ' q, E# v4 ]1 v) K% @1 S) |9 D; M1 ~1 B
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.% U: d7 H( }( m3 X
) V3 N0 a! S1 x" |8 g8 u. y"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.) [1 r( d: x5 ]
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.* @# k, N% z5 h9 ?7 X
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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 J" j3 o4 N3 C8 v- G
. f; u* S P9 p8 u$ k8 h6 ^6 ]& Y! t"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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