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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。
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8 n1 i3 U; n1 A& 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。( O. L6 s5 \" t5 E3 t- A' h
" \5 }6 B, ?( V4 j1 NAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial5 t; x4 E- }! B5 y
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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.& U# h* R+ `& b1 b
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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.
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, H$ L5 C0 Z) L/ X% ?" z"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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% e2 M5 `! @3 s5 s% F0 |% ?2 PHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate./ ?7 T0 z$ Z' O$ c2 R
; c! R* L" W# Z) i$ G6 _"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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6 Y0 P: _; E- o0 j# G1 o/ \& n'A very dangerous substance'
0 f+ s' p" s/ w* ~0 l; w# z/ qRCMP 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.* X0 [; {$ f- I L
Q7 W7 O0 j+ D* k8 E. G4 SThe 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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, X$ w$ X# C6 z+ f# H3 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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- ]) p4 U6 o6 W" b1 q* DAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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