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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。& z# V3 f9 t Q( f
7 s$ j8 ?* K5 x4 @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。6 }' F+ x8 E, d$ r9 C
: ]3 `8 O M* |+ t+ y6 b/ C' |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.9 l3 L6 v/ F' G7 ?1 v7 _
5 A$ N" Q$ \2 }" Y+ HJeremy 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. & U- Y* b. N- K$ T6 x
6 n, F7 y5 Z6 z3 _1 X8 UHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.- T: U) g+ U) H9 q) v) c4 C/ F
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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./ Q9 e x# ]) V) b
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.7 n, L% A% v' Y* F, k! R( e
1 b' s+ e' r w3 _/ G"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., v! g6 _( d) ^( g0 b
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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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