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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。8 X5 i6 j5 M! D" l# Z
+ s3 g5 \6 ~6 o( o7 T; x0 l$ \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。. p1 s* _& o3 }' V* W* z
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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.! H8 s* i9 N7 h
# P; F- ^* P# C' O9 xJeremy 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.2 M5 S) L6 S# M7 O
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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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$ N$ H2 C7 R- O7 m, c. ]3 WHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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( M0 }) u" v* m"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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'A very dangerous substance'
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The 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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"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." $ X7 o. h1 x3 h
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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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