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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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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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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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9 C; T! M8 }4 g; j" j# gWarnings 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.
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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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: R- r( Q# Z$ i0 SHampton 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."
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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.5 ^6 ?. f, I# T d$ y- U/ ^- @
2 [3 W& j/ I5 I1 R! h"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.6 o9 v& }; E5 Q# x7 ~
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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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