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Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not …
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Seattle Detox "Best of the Best" Awarded to The Coleman Institute for …
Detoxification (informally, detox) is variously the intervention in a case of physical dependence to a drug or alcohol; the process and experience of a withdrawal syndrome; and any of various treatments for acute drug overdose. The often painful …
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Official backs deputies' work; expert rejects cause of death
“It's obvious from the behavior of (former deputy) Chad Whitaker and (then-Capt.) Baker that there was a recognition of obvious signs of symptoms and stress associated with alcohol withdrawal,” Leach said, referring to the deputies taking Finn out of a …
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County cleared in inmate's death
Finn, 34, of Bowling Green, died March 20, 2009, at the jail, three days after being arrested on a probation violation and two days after he was placed on a detox protocol when he exhibited symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. He was found unresponsive in …
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