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• n  the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
• v  treat for alcohol or drug dependence
  He was detoxified in the clinic

• A detox center in Yunnan's capital, Kunming, offers addicts a spoonful of herbal pills and a dose of boot-camp discipline.
• Opiate detox is not that hard to accomplish.
• Wender's experience at the CITA center at Cedars-Sinai has convinced him that ultrarapid detox, properly performed and with appropriate follow-up, "should be welcomed with open arms.

• detoxify

News & Articles

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• NJ 'tanning mom' sent to Minnesota detox facility
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A New Jersey woman widely known as "the tanning mom" was sent to a temporary detox facility after allegedly being intoxicated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
  June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• 'Tanning mom' mom sent to Minn. detox facility
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A New Jersey woman widely known as "the tanning mom" was sent to a detox facility after allegedly being intoxicated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
  June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• NJ ‘Tanning Mom’ Sent To MN Detox Facility
  A New Jersey woman widely known as "the tanning mom" was sent to a temporary detox facility after allegedly being intoxicated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Patrick Hogan says airport police were called to the Delta ticket counter Thursday because of an intoxicated woman. Hogan says Patricia Krentcil wasn't arrested but was taken to ...
  June 15, 2013 - CBS Minnesota

Quotes

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• Richie Sambora in San Francisco Chronicle
  Speaking on the "Today" show Tuesday morning, Sambora said, "I did detox. I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place -- I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. My dad died, too. It's been a rough year....
• Paula Abdul in E! Online
  UPDATE: Added Abdul in a statement today: "I want to make it perfectly clear to everyone that I have never been addicted to or abused drugs in my life," Abdul said. "I have never been drunk. I have never entered a rehab or detox treatment...
• Gwyneth Paltrow in Mirror.co.uk
  Gwyneth wrote on her website: "This programme allowed me to work and exercise regularly, some-thinI cannot do if I am on a liquidonly detox. I followed it to the letter and I feel pure and happy and much lighter."