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Codeine Addiction and Codeine Abuse

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Wichita Drug Rehab Announces New Video Explaining Services Offered …
A Wichita drug rehab center is launching a new video explaining services and opportunities available for people seeking drug addiction support through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers in Wichita and surrounding cities. These other cities include Valley … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Los Angeles Drug Detox Launches New Video Explaining Its Services for …
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Phoenix Drug Detox Presents Video Describing Services Offered for Detoxification
A Phoenix drug detox is announcing that a new video is available reviewing services available for people living in Phoenix and surrounding cities through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. These cities include Wickenburg, Surprise, Buckeye, Chandler, … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Alcohol Addiction (Alcoholism)

Philadelphia Treatment Center Launches New Video Regarding Services for …
Cocaine, heroin, Oxycontin and benzodiazepines are just a few of the drugs that the treatment center helps people put in their past. Alcoholism, a disease that destroys individuals as well as families, is addressed through the substance abuse treatment … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Elizabeth Vargas: ABC '20/20' newswoman in treatment for alcohol abuse
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ABC news anchor Elizabeth Vargas checks into rehab for alcohol addiction
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LA County Audit Finds Failures in Oversight of Drug Rehab Clinics
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Above It All Treatment Center Drug Rehab in California Extends Programs and …
Above It All Treatment Center – a drug and alcohol rehab center in the mountains above Los Angeles, CA – is continuing its drive towards excellence, quality treatment, and successful rehabilitation of patients by rolling-out a number of new features … Read more on PR Web (press release)

California judge sends boy who killed neo-Nazi father to state lockup
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Elliott Smith died on October 21, 2003 in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at age 34, from two stab wounds to the chest during an emotional fight with Jennifer Chiba. [16] According to her account, the two were arguing when she locked herself in the bathroom. Chiba heard him scream, and upon opening the door, saw Smith standing there with a steak knife in his chest. She pulled the knife out of him, after which Smith collapsed and she called 911. The time of death was listed at 12:18 PM. While originally reported as a suicide, the official autopsy report released in late December 2003 left the question of possible homicide open:
While his history of depression is compatible with suicide, and the location and direction of the stab wound is consistent with self-infliction, several aspects of the circumstances (as are known at this time) are atypical of suicide and raise the possibility of homicide. These include the absence of hesitation wounds, stabbing through clothing, and the presence of small incised wounds on the right arm and left hand (possible defensive wounds). Additionally, the girlfriend’s [Jennifer Chiba’s] reported removal of the knife and subsequent refusal to speak with detectives are all of concern.

According to the coroner’s report, the alleged suicide note, written on a Post-it, read, I’m so sorry – love, Elliot. God forgive me. The misspelling of “Elliott” was later acknowledged as a mistake on the part of the coroner. Robin Peringer, one of the singers few close friends towards the end of his life, says that Smith was a “cutter”, which would help explain the “possible defensive wounds.” Fritz Michaud, an engineer during the Basement sessions, claimed that “Elliott literally wouldn’t have been caught dead without his shirt on,” possibly explaining why the stab wounds penetrated his shirt (something extremely uncommonly seen in stabbing suicides).

His death has not been officially declared a suicide, and the investigation into his death continues, although almost no new information at all has publicly come to light since 2003.

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