Ex-Sen. Dawson gets rehab for drug violation

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MIAMI (AP) — Former state Sen. Mandy Dawson has been ordered into a residential treatment program after violating probation because of cocaine use.

U.S. District Judge Robert Scola also sentenced Dawson on Monday to time served for violating her probation. Dawson spent 67 days in jail since testing positive in June for cocaine in a urine sample test.

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