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Oklahoma physician faces final prospect to stay sober

 
BY KIM ARCHER - Tulsa World    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: November 22, 2009

It is his last chance to remain a physician, and Dr. Lynn Baggett is grabbing it.

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"I’m a physician, but I’m also a human being. I’m as susceptible to the human condition as anyone else,” he said.

Dogged by substance abuse for years, the Oklahoma doctor has one of the longest disciplinary records in the state.

"It’s always been for substance abuse. It’s not for practicing medicine,” Baggett said. It’s a startling statement for someone who this year was named medical director for Catalyst, an Oklahoma substance abuse center.

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