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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。0 u- A1 e* x* M
* b- U! u% L1 j7 ~6 K, ?2 ~. W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。% N+ `4 C* q7 g) N; [( K
- K; Z2 u, Y0 l- [Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial0 K- c) Q b8 w& r
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J# q G3 S* |9 ]$ 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.; ?" D5 O; \' ]- X
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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.* q5 D# H0 f$ q: u
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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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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.% B0 z) x; p8 r4 p2 _4 k4 P
, Y, A2 u4 z1 W! w$ p"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."9 W; R: i/ x1 i# U
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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.
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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( |% L6 X6 W1 d6 G. Z+ G- y' Y8 d"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 \6 n6 \6 w: f
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"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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