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( J' T o0 ^8 w) ]: X5 ]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。5 k) v. }/ y1 V
$ i$ ]& \+ c& l( O- w1 o8 uAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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' L) |. d9 `" `1 s! P& kWarnings 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.6 z2 r9 }4 _; L% R
/ h8 M5 u/ I& k$ w8 T5 ^5 UJeremy 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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8 g+ m$ N3 s7 O; g5 t/ E"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. 4 Y# J. s; k/ w! c2 H
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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- p# w( U3 D6 c"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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5 j$ H1 H- t. r( j% a8 H8 m% EThe 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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, b5 \; X% R7 W& ?$ x8 _6 f"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." ) Z; n E$ X! i/ z* Z
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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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