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Doctor gets young man wanting heroin to undergo therapy for addiction (3,3)

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dry out

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(Other definitions for dry out that I've seen before include "stop drinking" , "Remove the moisture from" , "go on the wagon'" , "undergo detox treatment" , "Undergo treatment for alcoholism" .)

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