Patrick Kennedy Enters Drug Rehab; Congressman Says Addiction to Pain Medication Was a Factor in Car Crash

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › May 06, 2006

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs after a middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol that he said he had no memory of. "That's not how I want to live my life," he declared.

Kennedy, D-R.I., the son of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, said he would seek immediate treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

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Patrick Kennedy Enters Drug Rehab; Congressman Says Addiction to Pain Medication Was a Factor in Car Crash

His one-car accident about 3 a.m. Thursday was the talk of the capital, with police saying he appeared to be into...

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